Dante
Dante's beloved city
Florence
The Opportunists/Neutrals are punished this way
Forever chasing a banner, stung by bugs
This woman kissed her brother-in-law and is forever battered with him in hell
Francesca
The name of the ring where traitors to their families reside
Caina
This beast is unreasoning and has 3 heads
Cerberus
The location of the statue that created Hell's bodies of water with its tears
Under a mountain on Crete
Most famous line from the piece, written on the gate into Hell
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
The physical boundary between upper and lower Hell
Dis
Dante's political party
White Guelph
The Heretics are punished this way
Burning in tombs
This person betrayed his lord/master and is now in the center mouth of Dis
Judas
These sinners reside in Circle 4
Avaricious and Prodigal (Hoarders and Wasters)
The "bully" that guards circle 4
Plutus
The name of the frozen lake at the very bottom of Hell
Cocytus
This creature represents fraud
Leopard
The least "serious" of the 3 main categories of sin in Hell
Dante's idealized love
Beatrice
Virtuous pagans and unbaptised babies are punished this way
No hope
This sinner took his own life because the king's court was gossipping so much about him and ruining his reputation
Pier del Vigne
What circle do the Angry and Sullen reside in?
Circle 5
This judge determines where sinners are placed in hell by using his tail
Minos
Inferno is this style of poem
Epic
Dante's age when he awoke in the Wood of Error
35
Three descriptions of the city of Dis
Red, sunken, iron walls, burning tombs, mosques, guarded by fallen angels, etc.
The year Dante was born
1265
Fortune tellers and Diviners are punished this way
Heads on backwards, weeping so much they can't see
This man caused another to cannibalize his own children
Bishop Ruggieri
The name of circle 1
Limbo
This monster is a cross between a man and a bull
Minataur
The marshy, bloody river outside of the city of Dis
Styx
This term means that the punishment fits the sin perfectly
Poetic Justice or Divine Retribution
A three lined stanza in poetry
Terza Rima
The one Dante called master and teacher
Virgil
These sinners will spend eternity being blown about in strong winds
Lustful
This sinner is crucified to the ground for his role in Christ's crucifixion
Caiphas
The name of circle 8
Malebolge
The "Queen of Hell" who can turn you to stone
Medusa
The number of days Dante's Inferno journey takes place
3
The progression of Dante's Spiritual Journey
Sin and error to Englightenment to Salvation
The man Dante WANTED to see punished
Filippo Argenti
A title Dante was given based on his writing
Father of the Italian Language
Greatest pot of Italian Literature
Thrown into a forest to become trees and bushes attacked by Harpies
Three of the pagan poets condemned to Limbo
Homer, Horace, Ovid, Lucan, Virgil
What circle do the gluttons reside in?
The monster who guards fraud and serves to move Dante and Virgil to the 8th circle
Geryon
This beast represents Incontinence
She-Wolf
This creature represents Christ
Greyhound
Their bodies are inhabited by demons while their souls are sent to Hell.
Those in Ptolomea/Traitors to guests
This person betrayed Dante
The pope
Punishment of those in the innermost ring of circle 7
Burning sand and fire snow
He is in Dis's left mouth
Brutus
Weight Smashing
This ferryman has glowing red eyes and brings sinners across a river into Hell
Charon
The three colors of Satan's faces
White/Yellow, Red, Brown/Black
This giant carries Dante and Virgil into the final circle
Antaeus
Canto
How thieves are punished
Their bodies are stolen by snakes and lizards
He represents Reason and Protection in the Inferno
Virgil
Where the Neutrals reside
Ante-Hell
Dante gets a ride from this Centaur
Nessus
How Virgil gets past Cerberus
This term means the writer has latitude to write exactly as he wishes
Poetic Licence
Using reason/intellect as a weapon