He is the protagonist of the tale, as well as the author.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
100
He is the judge of Hell, casting shades into their prospective circles by whipping them with his tail.
Who is Minos?
100
The dark wood where Dante finds himself, lost.
What is sin and worldliness?
100
The sin of the uncontrolled appetite.
What is Gluttony?
100
Home of the non-committed and the opportunists.
What is the Vestibule?
200
Allegorically, he represents Human Reason.
Who is Virgil?
200
Half horse, half men mythological creatures that stood guard over those violent to their neighbors.
Who are the Centaurs?
200
The little hill, the Mount of Joy, that Dante tries to climb in the beginning of his tale.
What is the path to God?
200
They denied God and the after-life.
What is Heretics?
200
A muddy swamp where the wrathful and sullen spend eternity.
What is the Styx?
300
Literally meaning "one who leads to salvation", she is Dante's inspiration and the symbol of perfection and Divine Love.
Who is Beatrice.
300
A three-headed dog who guarded the gluttonous, and tried to devour them as well.
Who is Cerberus?
300
The Easter season and Spring
What is Resurrection and Rebirth?
300
Lack of self-control
What is Incontinence?
300
The river all shades must cross in order to enter Hell.
What is the Acheron?
400
Occupies the very epicenter of the world - and the underworld - encased in a frozen lake.
Who is Satan?
400
A beastly creature resulting from the mating of his mother (who'd climbed into a wooded cow) and a white bull; he guards the seventh circle.
Who is the Minotaur?
400
The Lion
What is Violence?
400
Corrupt polititions who defiled their positions with bribery (both the giving and the taking)
What are Grafters?
400
Famous lines engraved on the entrance gate to Hell.
What is "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here"?
500
The first guard that Dante encounters - shades must pay him for passage across the Acheron River.
Who is Charon?
500
Symbolic of fraud, this creature "swims" through air, has an angelic face, a scorpions tail and a body half spotted like a leapord, and half scaly like a reptile.
What is Geryon?
500
The She-Wolf
What is Incontinence?
500
They sold positions in the church for personal gain, as opposed to rewarding positions for holiness and virtue.