Inferno
Dante places these lustful lovers in the Second Circle, forever swept by a dark whirlwind.
Who are Paolo and Francesca?
Souls in Purgatory differ from those in Hell because they have this one thing Hell's residents lack.
What is hope?
In Paradiso, Heaven is organized around nine concentric spheres based on this ancient astronomical model.
What is the Ptolemaic / geocentric model?
This Roman poet, author of the Aeneid, serves as Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory.
Who is Virgil?
This frozen lake at the very bottom of Hell contains the worst sinners: those who betrayed their benefactors.
What is Cocytus?
Purgatory is described as a mountain rising from the sea on this hemisphere.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
Dante's guide through Paradise, she was his idealized love in life and a symbol of divine wisdom.
Who is Beatrice?
This three-headed guardian barks at and claws the souls in the Third Circle of Hell.
Who (what?) is Cerebus?
In Canto XXVI, this hero of Troy recounts his final doomed voyage beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
Who is Ulysses?
At the top of Mount Purgatory sits this garden, where Beatrice first appears to Dante.
What is the Earthly Paradise / Garden of Eden?)
The highest realm of Paradise, beyond the physical spheres, where God's light directly shines.
What is the Empyrean?
In Canto XXVI, this Greek hero recounts his final doomed voyage beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
Who is Ulysses?
The Inferno is divided into this many cantos.
What is 34?
Souls on the lowest terrace of Purgatory bear heavy stones on their backs as penance for this sin.
What is pride?
Dante's great ancestor Cacciaguida appears in this canticle and prophesies Dante's political exile from Florence.
What is Paradiso?
Dante encounters this Muslim philosopher, whom he admired, dwelling in Limbo alongside Aristotle.
Who is Averroes / Ibn Rushd?
Dante places the simonists in this circle, buried head-first in holes with flaming feet.
What is the Eighth Circle / Malebolge?
This river of Purgatory causes souls to forget their sins before ascending to Heaven.
What is the Lethe?
At the very end of the Commedia, Dante has a vision of the Holy Trinity described as three circles of this
What is light?
St. ________ takes over as Dante's guide in this final canticle, preparing him for his vision of God.
Who is St. Bernard?