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  2. Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia

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    Inferno (Dante) Inferno. (Dante) Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for ' Hell ') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri 's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient ...

  3. First circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    The first circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri 's 14th-century poem Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's journey through a vision of hell ordered into nine circles corresponding to classifications of sin. The first circle is Limbo, the space reserved for those souls who died before baptism ...

  4. Second circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    The second circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri 's 14th-century poem Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's journey through a vision of the Christian hell ordered into nine circles corresponding to classifications of sin; the second circle represents the sin of lust, where the lustful are ...

  5. Divine Comedy - Wikipedia

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    Divine Comedy at Wikisource. The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature [1] and one of the greatest works of Western ...

  6. Third circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    The third circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri 's Inferno, the first part of the 14th-century poem Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's journey through a vision of the Christian hell ordered into nine circles corresponding to classifications of sin; the third circle represents the sin of gluttony, where the souls of the ...

  7. Malebolge - Wikipedia

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    In Dante Alighieri 's Inferno, part of the Divine Comedy, Malebolge (English: / ˌmælɪˈbɒldʒ / MAL-ib-OLJ, Italian: [ˌmaleˈbɔldʒe]; lit.'evil ditches') or Fraud is the eighth circle of Hell. [ 1 ] It is a large, funnel-shaped cavern, itself divided into ten concentric circular trenches or ditches, each called a bolgia (Italian for ...

  8. Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli - Wikipedia

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    The Map of Hell painting by Botticelli is one of the extant ninety-two drawings that were originally included in the illustrated manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy. Artist. Sandro Botticelli. Year. mid-1480s-mid-1490s [1] Canto XVIII, part of the 8th circle of Hell. Dante and Virgil are each shown 6 times, descending through the 10 chasms of ...

  9. Dante's Satan - Wikipedia

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    In Dante 's Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen up to the waist in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three faces and a pair of bat-like wings affixed under each chin. As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind that continues to freeze the ice surrounding him and the other sinners in the Ninth Circle.