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  2. Second circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    Dante's orderly hell is a representation of the structured universe created by God, one which forces its sinners to use "intelligence and understanding" to contemplate their purpose. [15] The nine-fold subdivision of hell is influenced by the Ptolemaic model of cosmology, which similarly divided the universe into nine concentric spheres.

  3. Dis (Divine Comedy) - Wikipedia

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    In the sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid (one of the principal influences on Dante in his depiction of Hell), the hero Aeneas enters the "desolate halls and vacant realm of Dis". [ 4 ] His guide, the Sibyl , corresponds in The Divine Comedy to Virgil, the guide of "Dante" as the speaker of the poem.

  4. Dante (Devil May Cry) - Wikipedia

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    Dante (Japanese: ダンテ), also known under the alias of Tony Redgrave (トニー・レッドグレイブ, Tonī Reddogureibu), is a fictional character and the protagonist of Devil May Cry, an action-adventure game series by Japanese developer and publisher Capcom.

  5. Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia

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    Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription ending with the phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate ", [17] most frequently translated as "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". [nb 1] Dante and his guide hear the anguished screams of the Uncommitted. These are the souls of people who in life took no sides; the ...

  6. Divine Comedy in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Dante is depicted (bottom, centre) in Andrea di Bonaiuto's 1365 fresco Church Militant and Triumphant in the Santa Maria Novella church, Florence. In 1373, a little more than half a century after Dante's death, the Florentine authorities softened their attitude to him and decided to establish a department for the study of the Divine Comedy.

  7. List of cultural references in the Divine Comedy - Wikipedia

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    Dante, poised between the mountain of purgatory and the city of Florence, a detail of a painting by Domenico di Michelino, Florence 1465.. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts (or canticas): the Inferno (), Purgatorio (), and Paradiso (), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio having 33, and Paradiso having 33 cantos.

  8. First circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    Inferno is the first section of Dante Alighieri's three-part poem Commedia, often known as the Divine Comedy.Written in the early 14th century, the work's three sections depict Dante being guided through the Christian concepts of hell (Inferno), purgatory (), and heaven (). [2]

  9. Dante Alighieri - Wikipedia

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    The first formal biography of Dante was the Vita di Dante (also known as Trattatello in laude di Dante), written after 1348 by Giovanni Boccaccio. [70] Although several statements and episodes of it have been deemed unreliable on the basis of modern research, an earlier account of Dante's life and works had been included in the Nuova Cronica of ...