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Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell , guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil .
" Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe" is the opening line of Canto VII of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. The line, consisting of three words, is famous for the uncertainty of its meaning, and there have been many attempts to interpret it. Modern commentators on the Inferno view it as some kind of demonic invocation to Satan. [1] [2]
A complete listing and criticism of all English translations of at least one of the three cantiche (parts) was made by Cunningham in 1966. [12] The table below summarises Cunningham's data with additions between 1966 and the present, many of which are taken from the Dante Society of America's yearly North American bibliography [13] and Società Dantesca Italiana [] 's international ...
Inferno depicts a vision of hell divided into nine concentric circles, each home to souls guilty of a particular class of sin. [3] Led by his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, Dante enters the first circle of hell in Inferno 's Canto IV. The first circle is Limbo, the resting place of souls who "never sinned" but whose "merit falls far short". [4]
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.
The word is used in scholarly citations. vide infra (v. i.) see below: The word is used in scholarly works. vide supra (v. s.) see above: The word is used in scholarly works to refer to previous text in the same document. It is sometimes truncated to "supra". videlicet (viz.) "namely", "that is to say", or "as follows"
Cerberus in the third circle of hell, as depicted by William Blake. The presence of Cerberus in the third circle of hell is another instance of an ancient Greek mythological figure adapted and intensified by Dante; as with Charon and Minos in previous cantos, Cerberus is a figure associated with the Greek underworld in the works of Virgil and Ovid who has been repurposed for its appearance in ...
Inferno depicts a vision of hell divided into nine concentric circles, each home to souls guilty of a particular class of sin. [2] Led by his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, Dante enters the second circle of hell in Inferno 's Canto V. Before entering the circle proper they encounter Minos, the mythological king of the Minoan civilization.