query: when was Dante's "Inferno" written?

title: A TV Dante

text: A TV Dante A TV Dante is a 1990 mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the 34 cantos in Dante Alighieri's "Inferno", part of his 14th century epic poem "Divine Comedy". Peter Greenaway and Tom Phillips won the Prix Italia for "A TV Dante", their ambitious project to produce a video version of "Dante's Inferno". Greenaway was first inspired by artist Tom Phillips’ illustrated translation of the work and they collaborated on this, the first eight Cantos of the work, using all the state-of-the-art technological resources available to the electronic media at the time.

title: Paradiso (Dante)

text: Paradiso (Dante) Paradiso (; Italian for "Paradise" or "Heaven") is the third and final part of Dante's "Divine Comedy", following the "Inferno" and the "Purgatorio". It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology. In the poem, Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, the Primum Mobile and finally, the Empyrean. It was written in the early 14th century. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's ascent to God. The "Paradiso" begins at the top

title: A TV Dante

text: "The Guardian" "Nothing quite like it has been seen on television before. The extraordinary, multi-layered images on the screen are not so much state-of-the-art video but the state after that." - "The Times" "That rare and beautiful thing, an attempt to do something new with the medium." - "The Observer" A TV Dante A TV Dante is a 1990 mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the 34 cantos in Dante Alighieri's "Inferno", part of his 14th century epic poem "Divine Comedy". Peter Greenaway and Tom Phillips won the Prix Italia for "A TV Dante",

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: stars. Inferno (Dante) Inferno (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Divine Comedy". It is followed by "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso". The "Inferno" tells the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen". As an allegory, the "Divine Comedy" represents

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: Inferno (Dante) Inferno (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Divine Comedy". It is followed by "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso". The "Inferno" tells the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen". As an allegory, the "Divine Comedy" represents the

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: Inferno (Dante Pertuz) Inferno (Dante Pertuz) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Pertuz was created by writer Charles Soule and artist Joe Madureira as the protagonist of the Inhumans comic, "Inhuman". He made his debut in the comic's first issue, which was included as a backup feature to "The Amazing Spider-Man" vol. 2 #1. In the context of the series, Pertuz is portrayed in either his late teens or early twenties, and is of Inhuman descent. His powers are activated when the chemical known as Terrigen Mist is spread throughout the world in

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: roving group of Sodomites, and Dante, to his surprise, recognizes Brunetto Latini. Dante addresses Brunetto with deep and sorrowful affection, "paying him the highest tribute offered to any sinner in the "Inferno"", thus refuting suggestions that Dante only placed his enemies in Hell. Dante has great respect for Brunetto and feels spiritual indebtedness to him and his works ("you taught me how man makes himself eternal; / and while I live, my gratitude for that / must always be apparent in my words"), Brunetto prophesies Dante's bad treatment by the Florentines. He also identifies other sodomites, including Priscian, Francesco d'Accorso,

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: side effect involving the burning of his skin and hair while taking him some time to recover from the burns. He also sports an accelerated healing capability which is possibly connected to his ability to recover from his own burns; he once had his arm severed by a rioter and it regenerated from the same volcanic substance his ability produces. Inferno (Dante Pertuz) Inferno (Dante Pertuz) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Pertuz was created by writer Charles Soule and artist Joe Madureira as the protagonist of the Inhumans comic, "Inhuman". He made

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: encounters Avicenna, a Persian polymath, and Averroes, a medieval Andalusian polymath known for his commentaries on Aristotle's works. Dante and Virgil depart from the four other poets and continue their journey. Although Dante implies that all virtuous non-Christians find themselves here, he later encounters two (Cato of Utica and Statius) in Purgatory and two (Trajan and Ripheus) in Heaven. In "Purg." XXII, Virgil names several additional inhabitants of Limbo who were not mentioned in the "Inferno." Canto V <br> Dante and Virgil leave Limbo and enter the Second Circle – the first of the circles of Incontinence – where the

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: Iso and Inferno manage to defeat Logan and Forge and destroy the device then flee while taking Forge prisoner. During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Inferno joins up with Daisy Johnson's Secret Warriors. Dante is a flame manipulator with added molten earth properties, uniquely where others are able to produce vast amounts of plasmoid fire and launch it from their own bodies, even lighting themselves aflame similarly to Human Torch. He can morphs a molten rock like quality semblance whenever catching alight and usually takes the appearance of smoldering ash when cooled. Also uniquely to him these powers come with the

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: reveals the true nature of sensuality – which includes not only overindulgence in food and drink, but also other kinds of addiction. In this circle, Dante converses with a Florentine contemporary identified as Ciacco, which means "hog". A character with the same nickname later appears in "The Decameron" of Giovanni Boccaccio. Ciacco speaks to Dante regarding strife in Florence between the "White" and "Black" Guelphs, which developed after the Guelph/Ghibelline strife ended with the complete defeat of the Ghibellines. In the first of several political prophecies in the "Inferno", Ciacco "predicts" the expulsion of the White Guelphs (Dante's party) from

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: journey of the soul toward God, with the "Inferno" describing the recognition and rejection of sin. Canto I <br> The poem begins on the night of Maundy Thursday on March 24 (or April 7), A.D. 1300, shortly before dawn of Good Friday. The narrator, Dante himself, is thirty-five years old, and thus "midway in the journey of our life" ("Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita") – half of the Biblical lifespan of seventy (Psalm 89:10, Vulgate; Psalm 90:10, KJV). The poet finds himself lost in a dark wood ("selva oscura"), astray from the "straight way" ("diritta via", also translatable

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: sister had suggested his Inhuman name Inferno) and his sister move into New Attilan, as thousands of NuHumans are revealed across the world, with the Terrigen Mist spreading around the Earth, many of them moving to New Attilan now that Medusa has publicly announced that Attilan will be an independent nation and safe haven to all Inhumans and NuHumans. Dante trains as a soldier under the guise of Gorgon, and befriends fellow NuHumans Flint, Naja, and Kamala Khan (the new Ms. Marvel). Pertuz is one of the main forces in protecting Attilan from several of the Inhuman's enemies, and is

title: Inferno (Niven and Pournelle novel)

text: was far more successful than they predicted, and they were told that it inspired a resurgence of interest in Dante amongst college students and a new print release of John Ciardi's translation (whose quotes appear in the novel). Pournelle reported in January 1984 that he and Niven planned to write the script for a text adventure based on the novel. The sequel to Inferno, "Escape from Hell", was released in February 2009. Its working title was "Dante meets Vatican II". Inferno (Niven and Pournelle novel) Inferno is a fantasy novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1976.

title: Inferno (Judges Guild)

text: Inferno (Judges Guild) Inferno is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1980. "Inferno" is a scenario for character levels 10-14, set in the first four circles of Hell as described by Dante. It includes new devils. This is an AD&D adaptation of the first four rings of Dante's "Inferno". This module was planned as half of a set and covers only the first four circles of a Dante-type inferno. The second part was planned for release late in 1980. The introduction gives credit to Dante and then notes that the placement of the Archdevils in

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: Florence by the Black Guelphs, aided by Pope Boniface VIII, which marked the start of Dante's long exile from the city. These events occurred in 1302, prior to when the poem was written but in the future at Easter time of 1300, the time in which the poem is set. Canto VII <br> The Fourth Circle is guarded by a figure Dante names as "Pluto": this is Plutus, the deity of wealth in classical mythology. Although the two are often conflated, he is a distinct figure from Pluto (Dis), the classical ruler of the underworld. At the start of Canto

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: and Bishop Andrea de' Mozzi. Canto XVI <br> The Poets begin to hear the waterfall that plunges over the Great Cliff into the Eighth Circle when three shades break from their company and greet them. They are Iacopo Rusticucci, Guido Guerra, and Tegghiaio Aldobrandi – all Florentines much admired by Dante. Rusticucci blames his "savage wife" for his torments. The sinners ask for news of Florence, and Dante laments the current state of the city. At the top of the falls, at Virgil's order, Dante removes a cord from about his waist and Virgil drops it over the edge; as

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: souls in Hell know of life on earth comes from seeing the future, not from any observation of the present. Consequently, when "the portal of the future has been shut", it will no longer be possible for them to know anything. Farinata explains that also crammed within the tomb are Emperor Frederick II, commonly reputed to be an Epicurean, and Ottaviano degli Ubaldini, to whom Dante refers to as "il Cardinale". Canto XI <br> Dante reads an inscription on one of the tombs indicating it belongs to Pope Anastasius II – although some modern scholars hold that Dante erred in

title: Dante XXI

text: Dante XXI Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on the three sections of Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy"; "Inferno" (hell), "Purgatorio" (purgatory) and "Paradiso" (paradise). This is the last album to feature Igor Cavalera on drums. "Dante XXI" was originally titled "Dante 05", but was changed when it became clear that the album would not be released by the end of 2005. The first single from the album was "Convicted in Life". A video for the song was released in 2006,

title: Dante XXI

text: - Music recording sales certifications Sepultura Dante XXI Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on the three sections of Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy"; "Inferno" (hell), "Purgatorio" (purgatory) and "Paradiso" (paradise). This is the last album to feature Igor Cavalera on drums. "Dante XXI" was originally titled "Dante 05", but was changed when it became clear that the album would not be released by the end of 2005. The first single from the album was "Convicted in Life". A video for

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: of gravity from the Northern Hemisphere of land to the Southern Hemisphere of water. When Virgil changes direction and begins to climb "upward" towards the surface of the Earth at the antipodes, Dante, in his confusion, initially believes they are returning to Hell. Virgil indicates that the time is halfway between the canonical hours of Prime (6 a.m.) and Terce (9 a.m.) – that is, 7:30 a.m. of the same Holy Saturday which was just about to end. Dante is confused as to how, after about an hour and a half of climbing, it is now apparently morning. Virgil explains

title: Dante's Inferno (song)

text: Dante's Inferno (song) "Dante's Inferno" is a song by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The song was originally released on the group's 1995 album "Burnt Offerings", and was re-recorded in 2011, with the current line-up of the band. "Dante's Inferno" is also one of the longest songs the band has ever recorded, with the original clocking in at sixteen minutes and twenty-six seconds and the re-recorded version clocking in at seventeen minutes and twenty-eight seconds. The song is based on the "Inferno" -segment of Dante Alighieri's epic poem the "Divine Comedy". In it, Dante travels through the nine

title: Dante Sonata

text: Vol. 3, No. 4). The secondary theme may also represent Beatrice, as it is interspersed within chromatic areas, similar to the character's appearances in hell. The piece ends with a rapid chromatic octave section that when played at speed seems to split into three distinct themes, reflecting the three heads of Satan in Dante's "Inferno". Dante Sonata Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (French for "After a Reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata"; also known as the "Dante" Sonata) is a piano sonata in one movement, completed by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in 1849. It was first published

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: unto your senses, you must not deny Consider well the seed that gave you birth: </poem> Canto XXVII <br> Dante is approached by Guido da Montefeltro, head of the Ghibellines of Romagna, asking for news of his country. Dante replies with a tragic summary of the current state of the cities of Romagna. Guido then recounts his life: he advised Pope Boniface VIII to offer a false amnesty to the Colonna family, who, in 1297, had walled themselves inside the castle of Palestrina in the Lateran. When the Colonna accepted the terms and left the castle, the Pope razed it

title: Gabriel's Inferno

text: sometimes transcendent aspects of it." Reynard drew inspiration for the novel from the relationship between Dante and Beatrice Portinari. Reynard has stated that the series was written as fanfiction as "an opportunity to try my hand at fiction writing." Fan reaction to the series has been positive, with some readers staging Inferno-inspired tours of Toronto. When Reynard chose to release the series for publication, some readers expressed disapproval over fanfiction being published for profit akin to the backlash "Fifty Shades of Grey" also received. As of October 2012, the book and its sequel were numbers 12 and 17 on "The

title: Dante's Inferno (video game)

text: Dante's Inferno (video game) Dante's Inferno is a 2010 action video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable in February 2010. The PlayStation Portable version was developed by Artificial Mind and Movement. The game's story is loosely based on "Inferno", the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". It follows Dante, imagined as a Templar knight from the Crusade, who, guided by the spirit of the poet Virgil, needs to fight through the nine Circles of Hell to rescue Beatrice from the clutches of Lucifer. In

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: from Heaven secures entry for the poets, opening the gate by touching it with a wand, and rebukes those who opposed Dante. Allegorically, this reveals the fact that the poem is beginning to deal with sins that philosophy and humanism cannot fully understand. Virgil also mentions to Dante how Erichtho sent him down to the lowest circle of Hell to bring back a spirit from there. Canto X <br> In the sixth circle, heretics, such as Epicurus and his followers (who say "the soul dies with the body") are trapped in flaming tombs. Dante holds discourse with a pair of

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: the distance, Dante perceives high towers that resemble fiery red mosques. Virgil informs him that they are approaching the City of Dis. Dis, itself surrounded by the Stygian marsh, contains Lower Hell within its walls. Dis is one of the names of Pluto, the classical king of the underworld, in addition to being the name of the realm. The walls of Dis are guarded by fallen angels. Virgil is unable to convince them to let Dante and him enter, and Dante is threatened by the Furies (consisting of Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone) and Medusa. Canto IX <br> An angel sent

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: hesitates; Virgil explains how he has been sent by Beatrice, the symbol of Divine Love. Beatrice had been moved to aid Dante by the Virgin Mary (symbolic of compassion) and Saint Lucia (symbolic of illuminating Grace). Rachel, symbolic of the contemplative life, also appears in the heavenly scene recounted by Virgil. The two of them then begin their journey to the underworld. Canto III <br> Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription ending with the famous phrase ""Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"", most frequently translated as "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Dante and his

title: The Dante Club

text: Harvard Corporation. Driven partly mad by the trauma of his war experiences, Teal hears Dante Club member George Washington Greene giving sermons on Dante to other soldiers, and becomes convinced that Dante alone understood the need for perfect justice in the world. Adopting a new name and identity (intending to become one with the poet, but being unable to spell "Alighieri"), he takes it upon himself to protect Dante and release Hell's punishments as indicated in the "Inferno", in order to purify the city. Teal finds each of his victims when learning of their involvement in the stopping of the

title: Earth Inferno

text: the design influence of Spare's early supporter Charles Ricketts. Each pair of pages contains a painting and a commentary toward that painting. In addition to excerpts from Dante, the book also contains excerpts from Edward FitzGerald's translation of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam". Published when the artist was 18 years of age the book introduces the reader for the first time to Spare's fundamental concepts such as Kia, Ikkah and Sikah and Zos. On page 10, Spare alludes to "The Book of KIĀ" in this book. Earth Inferno Earth Inferno is the first book by the English artist and magician Austin

title: Dante's Inferno (1935 film)

text: Dante's Inferno (1935 film) Dante's Inferno is a 1935 motion picture starring Spencer Tracy and loosely based on Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". The film remains primarily remembered for a 10-minute depiction of hell realised by director Harry Lachman, himself an established post-impressionist painter. This was Fox Film Corporation's last film when the company merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox. Jim Carter, a former stoker, takes over a fairground show, run by 'Pop' McWade, which depicts scenes from Dante's Inferno. He marries Pop's niece Betty and they have a son, Alexander. Meanwhile, the show becomes a great

title: Pablo's Inferno

text: the comic's popularity continued to grow, Montijo was often questioned on the possibility of a Pablo's Inferno film adaption. Although open to the idea, he is doubtful of the outcome: Pablo's Inferno Pablo's Inferno is a five-issue indie comic limited series created and produced by Rhode Montijo. The comic owes its title to "Inferno", the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy", and according to Montijo is something of a parody: The comic follows the story of Pablo, a young boy whose life is ended in an unfortunate hit-and-run accident, ends up in hell and has to traverse the underworld

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: the restoration of the universe, Inferno and Iso were sent by Medusa to find out what happened to Black Bolt while she prepares for battle. Iso and Inferno are chased by Wolverine and the time-displaced Angel. They manage to find and he sends them away through a portal just before Wolverine can catch them. On the other side of the portal, they find Old Man Logan waiting for them. While Inferno distracts Logan, Iso discovers Forge nearby with a device that the X-Men are planning to use to alter the structure of the Terrigen Cloud so they can destroy it.

title: Dante's Inferno (video game)

text: includes an additional "Disco Inferno" costume, a novelty piece in the style of polyester disco fashion wear. Numerous alternative costumes have also been released, including "Florentine Dante" based on the real life poet Dante Alighieri released on February 18, 2010 and "Animated Film Dante", based on the appearance of the character from "Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic", released one week later. "Trials of St Lucia", released on April 29, 2010, features cooperative gameplay and a game-editor. Players are able to share their created maps and levels with others. The new playable character in this DLC is St. Lucia, a Christian

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: Reginaldo degli Scrovegni (who predicts that his fellow Paduan Vitaliano di Iacopo Vitaliani will join him here), and Giovanni di Buiamonte. Dante then rejoins Virgil and, both mounted atop Geryon's back, the two begin their descent from the great cliff in the Eighth Circle: the Hell of the Fraudulent and Malicious. Geryon, the winged monster who allows Dante and Virgil to descend a vast cliff to reach the Eighth Circle, was traditionally represented as a giant with three heads and three conjoined bodies. Dante's Geryon, meanwhile, is an image of fraud, combining human, bestial, and reptilian elements: Geryon is a

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: and the she-wolf to fraud/malice. It is now dawn of Good Friday, April 8, with the sun rising in Aries. The beasts drive him back despairing into the darkness of error, a "lower place" ("basso loco") where the sun is silent ("l sol tace"). However, Dante is rescued by a figure who announces that he was born "sub Iulio" (i.e. in the time of Julius Caesar) and lived under Augustus: it is the shade of the Roman poet Virgil, author of the "Aeneid", a Latin epic. Canto II <br> On the evening of Good Friday, Dante is following Virgil but

title: Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy in popular culture

text: after going into a near death experience while in Parliament. He finds her in Elysium with Achilles. "Inferno Revisited", a modernised interpretation of Dante written by Peter Howell, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 17 April 1983. Between March and April 2014, the BBC adapted "The Divine Comedy" for Radio 4, starring Blake Ritson and John Hurt playing younger and older versions of Dante. Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy in popular culture The works of Dante Alighieri – particularly the Divine Comedy, widely considered his masterpiece – have been a source of inspiration for various artists since

title: Dante Symphony

text: the program was presented by Liszt could just as well represent "a London house when the kitchen chimney is on fire". He then notes that the symphony is "extremely loud", mentioning the fortissimo trombones, that later repeat at "fff". On the other hand, James Huneker called the work "the summit of his creative power and the ripest fruit of that style of programme music". Dante Symphony A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109, or simply the "Dante Symphony", is a program symphony composed by Franz Liszt. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on Dante Alighieri's journey through

title: Inferno (Dante)

text:
who wrote it, was a pander." Inspired by Dante, author Giovanni Boccaccio invoked the name "Prencipe Galeotto" in the alternative title to "The Decameron", a 14th-century collection of novellas. The English poet John Keats, in his sonnet "On a Dream," imagines what Dante does not give us, the point of view of Paolo: ... But to that second circle of sad hell,
 Where 'mid the gust, the whirlwind, and the flaw
 Of rain and hail-stones, lovers need not tell
 Their sorrows. Pale were the sweet lips I saw,
 Pale were the lips I kiss'd, and fair the form
 I floated

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: his sister being spared due to not inheriting the gene. His mother was killed during the process. During all this, an Inhuman named Lash appeared, who believed that only a certain few should be chosen for the transformation. He attempts to kill the family, but Dante emerges with new flame based powers, and fights off Lash. Towards the end of the fight, the Inhuman queen Medusa comes to him, aiding him until Lash flees. She befriends Dante, him being the first NuHuman (people of both human and Inhuman ancestry) to join Inhuman society. As the months go on, Dante (whose

title: Little Inferno

text: soundtrack for "Little Inferno." Unlike "World of Goo", whose musical themes were recycled from previous projects, Gabler wrote "Little Inferno"s score from scratch, using the works of John Williams, Danny Elfman, and Vangelis for inspiration, which have "strong melodic themes and instantly identifiable orchestration." Gabler used REAPER to compose all the game's music, with some synthesized instruments used from a personal collection of SoundFont2 files. Knowing that "Little Inferno" is a "difficult game to describe", one of the songs, "Little Inferno, Just For Me," was written to describe the game's premise in the form of a jingle. The jingle is

title: Inferno (operating system)

text: Inferno (operating system) Inferno is a distributed operating system started at Bell Labs and now developed and maintained by Vita Nuova Holdings as free software. Inferno was based on the experience gained with Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and the further research of Bell Labs into operating systems, languages, on-the-fly compilers, graphics, security, networking and portability. The name of the operating system and many of its associated programs, as well as that of the current company, were inspired by Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". Inferno programs are portable across a broad mix of hardware, networks, and environments. It defines a virtual

title: Botticelli Inferno

text: in history." "AlloCiné" comments that ""Botticelli – Inferno" transports viewers into another world: a journey to the underworld through the nine levels of hell, as described by Dante. "Only by traveling through hell and purgatory we can reach paradise and emerge to see the stars again" Do not miss this unique event, specially created for cinema." The film was released in Italy in November 2016. Botticelli Inferno Botticelli Inferno is a 2016 Italian-German documentary film directed by Ralph Loop. The film is part of the project "Great Art Cinema" and analyses one of the most mysterious works of Sandro Botticelli,

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: of treachery – stand perpetual guard inside the well-pit, their legs embedded in the banks of the Ninth Circle while their upper halves rise above the rim and can be visible from the Malebolge. Dante initially mistakes them for great towers of a city. Among the Giants, Virgil identifies Nimrod (who tried to build the Tower of Babel; he shouts out the unintelligible "Raphèl mai amècche zabì almi"); Ephialtes (who with his brother Otus tried to storm Olympus during the Gigantomachy; he has his arms chained up) and Briareus (who Dante claimed to have challenged the Gods); and Tityos and

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: repentance, Dante is forgiven by his guide. Sayers remarks that the descent through Malebolge "began with the sale of the sexual relationship, and went on to the sale of Church and State; now, the very money is itself corrupted, every affirmation has become perjury, and every identity a lie" so that every aspect of social interaction has been progressively destroyed. Canto XXXI <br> Dante and Virgil approach the Central Well, at the bottom of which lies the Ninth and final Circle of Hell. The classical and biblical Giants – who perhaps symbolize pride and other spiritual flaws lying behind acts

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: This causes the Minotaur to charge them as Dante and Virgil swiftly enter the seventh circle. Virgil explains the presence of shattered stones around them: they resulted from the great earthquake that shook the earth at the moment of Christ's death (Matt. 27:51), at the time of the Harrowing of Hell. Ruins resulting from the same shock were previously seen at the beginning of Upper Hell (the entrance of the Second Circle, Canto V). Canto XIII Canto XIV Canto XV <br> Protected by the powers of the boiling rivulet, Dante and Virgil progress across the burning plain. They pass a

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: and since the twelve zodiac signs rise at two-hour intervals, it must now be about two hours prior to sunrise: 4:00 A.M. on Holy Saturday, April 9. Canto XII <br> The Seventh Circle, divided into three rings, houses the Violent. Dante and Virgil descend a jumble of rocks that had once formed a cliff to reach the Seventh Circle from the Sixth Circle, having first to evade the Minotaur ("L'infamia di Creti", "the infamy of Crete", line 12); at the sight of them, the Minotaur gnaws his flesh. Virgil assures the monster that Dante is not its hated enemy, Theseus.

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: VII, he menaces Virgil and Dante with the cryptic phrase "Papé Satàn, papé Satàn aleppe", but Virgil protects Dante from him. Those whose attitude toward material goods deviated from the appropriate mean are punished in the fourth circle. They include the avaricious or miserly (including many "clergymen, and popes and cardinals"), who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them. The hoarders and spendthrifts joust, using as weapons great weights that they push with their chests: <poem> Here, too, I saw a nation of lost souls, rolled them at one another. Then in haste </poem> Relating this sin of incontinence

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: earthquake that occurred after the death of Christ. In this circle, Dante sees Semiramis, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Paris, Achilles, Tristan, and many others who were overcome by sexual love during their life. Dante comes across Francesca da Rimini, who married the deformed Giovanni Malatesta (also known as "Gianciotto") for political purposes but fell in love with his younger brother Paolo Malatesta; the two began to carry on an adulterous affair. Sometime between 1283 and 1286, Giovanni surprised them together in Francesca's bedroom and violently stabbed them both to death. Francesca explains: <poem> Love, which in gentlest hearts will

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: his struggle against the Crusaders as well as his generous, chivalrous, and merciful conduct. Dante next encounters a group of philosophers, including Aristotle with Socrates and Plato at his side, as well as Democritus, "Diogenes" (either Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Apollonia), Anaxagoras, Thales, Empedocles, Heraclitus, and "Zeno" (either Zeno of Elea or Zeno of Citium). He sees the scientist Dioscorides; the mythical Greek poets Orpheus and Linus; and Roman statesmen Marcus Tullius Cicero and Seneca. Dante sees the Alexandrian geometer Euclid and Ptolemy, the Alexandrian astronomer and geographer, as well as the physicians Hippocrates and Galen. He also

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: by seven gates, and a flowing brook. After passing through the seven gates, the group comes to an exquisite green meadow and Dante encounters the inhabitants of the Citadel. These include figures associated with the Trojans and their descendants (the Romans): Electra (mother of Troy's founder Dardanus), Hector, Aeneas, Julius Caesar in his role as Roman general ("in his armor, falcon-eyed"), Camilla, Penthesilea (Queen of the Amazons), King Latinus and his daughter, Lavinia, Lucius Junius Brutus (who overthrew Tarquin to found the Roman Republic), Lucretia, Julia, Marcia, and Cornelia Africana. Dante also views Saladin, a Muslim military leader known for

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: the blessed souls arriving by ferry in the "Purgatorio". The passage across the Acheron, however, is undescribed, since Dante faints and does not awaken until he is on the other side. Canto IV <br> Virgil proceeds to guide Dante through the nine circles of Hell. The circles are concentric, representing a gradual increase in wickedness, and culminating at the centre of the earth, where Satan is held in bondage. The sinners of each circle are punished for eternity in a fashion fitting their crimes: each punishment is a "contrapasso", a symbolic instance of poetic justice. For example, later in the

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: Virgil reach the ferry that will take them across the river Acheron and to Hell proper. The ferry is piloted by Charon, who does not want to let Dante enter, for he is a living being. Virgil forces Charon to take him by declaring, "Vuolsi così colà dove si puote / ciò che si vuole" ("It is so willed there where is power to do / That which is willed"), referring to the fact that Dante is on his journey on divine grounds. The wailing and blasphemy of the damned souls entering Charon's boat contrast with the joyful singing of

title: Inferno (Judges Guild)

text: heights or are looking for a suitable ground to play high-level characters as a change, this is an excellent choice. This is definitely not a module for a new DM to attempt, but correctly run it offers an unusual challenge." Inferno (Judges Guild) Inferno is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1980. "Inferno" is a scenario for character levels 10-14, set in the first four circles of Hell as described by Dante. It includes new devils. This is an AD&D adaptation of the first four rings of Dante's "Inferno". This module was planned as half

title: Dante Alighieri

text: ("Lessons of Love"), written probably in 1314 or early 1315. Speaking of Virgil, Francesco notes in appreciative words that Dante followed the Roman classic in a poem called "Comedy" and that the setting of this poem (or part of it) was the underworld; i.e., hell. The brief note gives no incontestable indication that he himself had seen or read even the "Inferno" or that this part had been published at the time, but it indicates composition was well underway and that the sketching of the poem might have begun some years before. (It has been suggested that a knowledge of

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: describes an incident in which he lost his temper; early commentators state that Argenti's brother seized some of Dante's property after his exile from Florence. Just as Argenti enabled the seizing of Dante's property, he himself is "seized" by all the other wrathful souls. When Dante responds "In weeping and in grieving, accursed spirit, may you long remain," Virgil blesses him with words used to describe Christ himself ("Luke" 11:27). Literally, this reflects the fact that souls in Hell are eternally fixed in the state they have chosen, but allegorically, it reflects Dante's beginning awareness of his own sin. In

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: virtuous pagans, who, although not sinful, did not accept Christ. Dorothy L. Sayers writes, "After those who refused choice come those without opportunity of choice. They could not, that is, choose Christ; they could, and did, choose human virtue, and for that they have their reward." Limbo shares many characteristics with the Asphodel Meadows; thus, the guiltless damned are punished by living in a deficient form of Heaven. Without baptism ("the portal of the faith that you embrace") they lacked the hope for something greater than rational minds can conceive. When Dante asked if anyone has ever left Limbo, Virgil

title: Dante's Inferno (2007 film)

text: Festival gave the award for Best Narrative Feature. Dante's Inferno (2007 film) Dante's Inferno is a 2007 comedy film performed with hand-drawn paper puppets on a toy theater stage. The film was adapted from the book "Dante's Inferno" by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders (Chronicle Books, 2004), which is a modern update of the canticle "Inferno" from Dante Alighieri's epic poem "Divine Comedy". The film chronicles Dante's (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) journeys through the underworld, guided by Virgil (voiced by James Cromwell). The head puppeteer was Paul Zaloom and the puppets were designed by Elyse Pignolet and drawn by Sandow

title: Dante's Inferno (2007 film)

text: Dante's Inferno (2007 film) Dante's Inferno is a 2007 comedy film performed with hand-drawn paper puppets on a toy theater stage. The film was adapted from the book "Dante's Inferno" by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders (Chronicle Books, 2004), which is a modern update of the canticle "Inferno" from Dante Alighieri's epic poem "Divine Comedy". The film chronicles Dante's (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) journeys through the underworld, guided by Virgil (voiced by James Cromwell). The head puppeteer was Paul Zaloom and the puppets were designed by Elyse Pignolet and drawn by Sandow Birk. The film premiered January 20, 2007 at

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: the three traitors: his head is gnawed inside Lucifer's mouth while his back is forever flayed and shredded by Lucifer's claws. According to Dorothy L. Sayers, "just as Judas figures treason against God, so Brutus and Cassius figure treason against Man-in-Society; or we may say that we have here the images of treason against the Divine and the Secular government of the world". At about 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, Virgil and Dante begin their escape from Hell by clambering down Satan's ragged fur, feet-first. When they reach Satan's genitalia, the poets pass through the center of the universe and

title: Dante's Inferno (1935 film)

text: red. The film featured many naked men and women suffering in hell. The 1935 film was produced by Fox Film Corporation just before the May 31, 1935 merger that created Twentieth Century-Fox, and so was released as a Twentieth Century-Fox film. Dante's Inferno (1935 film) Dante's Inferno is a 1935 motion picture starring Spencer Tracy and loosely based on Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". The film remains primarily remembered for a 10-minute depiction of hell realised by director Harry Lachman, himself an established post-impressionist painter. This was Fox Film Corporation's last film when the company merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to

title: Dante's Inferno (1967 film)

text: Dante's Inferno (1967 film) Dante's Inferno: The Private Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poet and Painter (1967) is a feature-length 35mm film directed by Ken Russell and first screened on the BBC on 22 December 1967 as part of "Omnibus". It quickly became a staple in cinemas in retrospectives of Russell's work. It tells of the relationship between the 19th-century artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his model, Elizabeth Siddal. The exhumation of Lizzie Siddal's desiccated body is seen, followed by a shot of Rossetti dancing among the flames of a bonfire of paintings by Reynolds and Gainsborough. A

title: Pablo's Inferno

text: Pablo's Inferno Pablo's Inferno is a five-issue indie comic limited series created and produced by Rhode Montijo. The comic owes its title to "Inferno", the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy", and according to Montijo is something of a parody: The comic follows the story of Pablo, a young boy whose life is ended in an unfortunate hit-and-run accident, ends up in hell and has to traverse the underworld in search of answers. Along the way he meets several colorful characters such as Quetzal, an ancient Aztec god, and El Calambre, the ghost of a once-famous masked wrestler. As

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: the first issue of the major crossover storyline, "Secret Wars". He was featured in promotional images for the All-New, All-Different Marvel line of comics. Living in Des Plaines, Illinois, Dante Pertuz was a drummer for a wedding band to support his pregnant sister and sick mother. One day during the "Inhumanity" storyline, the Terrigen Mist (a chemical used to activate the abilities of Inhumans) flew through his neighborhood following the aftermath of the "Infinity" storyline where Black Bolt detonated the Terrigen bomb during his fight with Thanos. Dante, unknowingly a part of Inhuman descent, underwent Terrigenesis, as did his mother,

title: Dante Symphony

text: Dante Symphony A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109, or simply the "Dante Symphony", is a program symphony composed by Franz Liszt. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on Dante Alighieri's journey through Hell and Purgatory, as depicted in "The Divine Comedy". It was premiered in Dresden in November 1857, with Liszt himself conducting, and was unofficially dedicated to the composer's friend and future son-in-law Richard Wagner. The entire symphony takes approximately 45 minutes to perform. Some critics have argued that the "Dante Symphony" is not so much a symphony in the classical sense as it is

title: Inferno (Dante Pertuz)

text: recruited to find the missing Inhuman king Black Bolt. Eventually, Medusa's advisor Lineage betrays the Inhumans as he reveals to be an ally of Lash. As Lineage uses a codex of human and Inhuman DNA to cause the humans of Jersey City to become deranged, Pertuz and his friends aid Ms. Marvel in subduing the city's people until Lineage is killed by Karnak. The battle ends while his sister Gabriella was in labor. Dante goes to Gabriella as her son is born. Dante comforts his nephew who has inherited the Inhuman gene. Not long afterwards during the "Secret Wars" storyline,

title: Dante (TV series)

text: Dante (TV series) Dante is an NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former gambler who operates Dante's Inferno, a San Francisco, California, nightclub. Alan Mowbray co-starred as Stewart Styles, the Maitre d'; Tom D'Andrea as Biff, the bartender and Dante's "man Friday", and Mort Mills as police Lieutenant Bob Malone. Dante claims to have put his past behind him but has retained old associates Stewart and Biff. While his club is legitimate, neither the police nor the mob believe that he is truly finished with the criminal underworld. Dante's old associates in crime keep appearing

title: Dante Alighieri

text: on the theories of St. Thomas Aquinas. At 18, Dante met Guido Cavalcanti, Lapo Gianni, Cino da Pistoia and soon after Brunetto Latini; together they became the leaders of the "dolce stil novo." Brunetto later received special mention in the "Divine Comedy" ("Inferno", XV, 28) for what he had taught Dante: "Nor speaking less on that account I go With Ser Brunetto, and I ask who are his most known and most eminent companions." Some fifty poetical commentaries by Dante are known (the so-called "Rime," rhymes), others being included in the later "Vita Nuova" and "Convivio." Other studies are reported,

title: The Barque of Dante

text: The Barque of Dante The Barque of Dante (), sometimes known as Dante and Virgil in Hell ("Dante et Virgile aux enfers"), is the first major painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, and one of the works signalling a shift in the character of narrative painting from Neo-Classicism towards the Romantic movement. It was completed for the opening of the Salon of 1822 and currently hangs in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The painting is loosely based on fictional events taken from canto eight of Dante’s "Inferno". A leaden, smoky mist and the blazing City of the Dead form

title: Inferno (Niven and Pournelle novel)

text: Inferno (Niven and Pournelle novel) Inferno is a fantasy novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1976. It was nominated for the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. The book drew inspiration from the geography of Dante's "Inferno" and the theology of C S Lewis's "The Great Divorce", which is that salvation and entry into paradise, via self-knowledge and repentance, can be achieved by all. However, most of Hell's denizens in the novel either deny their sins or feel they deserve their fate. "Inferno" is based upon the hell described in Dante's "Inferno". However, it

title: Dante (TV series)

text: at the club in efforts to lure him back to the underworld. Dick Powell had previously played Dante in eight episodes of his "Four Star Playhouse", initially written by Blake Edwards, who had previously created the radio drama "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" for Powell. There, Willie operates an illegal gambling operation in the back room of the "Inferno", which police soon shut down. The only regular from the "Four Star Playhouse" version to be cast in the series as well was Mowbray, who had first played a millionaire named Jackson who had gambled away his fortune and then worked as

title: Dante (TV series)

text: Powell's partners in Four Star Television, along with David Niven and Charles Boyer, directed some of the episodes. Duff and Lupino had co-starred in the 1957-1958 CBS sitcom, "Mr. Adams and Eve". "Dante" ran at 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Monday nights from October 3, 1960, to April 10, 1961. The series proved unable to compete against CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show" and ABC's "Adventures in Paradise", starring Gardner McKay. Dante (TV series) Dante is an NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former gambler who operates Dante's Inferno, a San Francisco, California, nightclub. Alan Mowbray co-starred

title: Disco Inferno (musical)

text: Disco Inferno (musical) Disco Inferno is an award-winning 1970's jukebox musical written by Jai Sepple. Set in the East End of London in 1976, the show features a host of memorable songs from the era and is loosely based on the story of "Faust". The production debuted at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch in 1999 with revised revivals at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon in 2004 the Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford in 2006. The characters in 'Disco Inferno' were named after well-known characters from songs of the era. The character of Nick Diablo was omitted from both the 2006 and 2012 productions

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: they bound only by the unyielding ice." This final, deepest level of hell is reserved for traitors, betrayers and oathbreakers (its most famous inmate is Judas Iscariot). Canto XXXIII <br> The gnawing sinner tells his story: he is Count Ugolino, and the head he gnaws belongs to Archbishop Ruggieri. In "the most pathetic and dramatic passage of the "Inferno"", Ugolino describes how he conspired with Ruggieri in 1288 to oust his nephew and take control over the Guelphs of Pisa. However, as soon as Nino was gone, the Archbishop, sensing the Guelphs' weakened position, turned on Ugolino and imprisoned him

title: Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

text: Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic is a direct to DVD animated dark fantasy action film released on February 9, 2010. The film is based on "Dante's Inferno" video game which is itself loosely based on Dante's "Inferno". The movie is separated into several parts. Each chapter is animated with different styles. These vary in degree of difference and depict Dante with differing features, such as hair length, bodily proportions, and armour. The film starts with Dante's return from the Third Crusade. Speaking in inner monologue, he describes the forests as gloomy and nearly worse than

title: Dante Alighieri

text: the "terza rima", is attributed to him. In Italy, he is often referred to as ' ("the Supreme Poet") and '; he, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante was born in Florence, Republic of Florence, present-day Italy. The exact date of his birth is unknown, although it is generally believed to be around 1265. This can be deduced from autobiographic allusions in the "Divine Comedy." Its first section, the "Inferno," begins, ""Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita"" ("Midway upon the journey of our life"), implying that Dante was around 35 years

title: The Dante Club

text: The Dante Club The Dante Club is a mystery novel by Matthew Pearl and his debut work, set amidst a series of murders in the American Civil War era. It also concerns a club of poets, including such historical figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and James Russell Lowell, who are translating Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" from Italian into English and who notice parallels between the murders and the punishments detailed in Dante's "Inferno". The work reached the top of several best-seller lists, including Borders, "Washington Post", and "Boston Globe", and also appeared on the "New York

title: Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil

text: Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil (and several variant titles) is a composition painted in at least three very similar versions by Ary Scheffer; all are in oils on canvas. They show a scene from Dante's "Inferno" of Dante and Virgil viewing Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta in Hell. It "could be described as Scheffer's best work". In the first volume, "Inferno", of "The Divine Comedy", Dante and Virgil meet Francesca and her lover Paolo in the second circle of hell, reserved for

title: Ron Dante

text: Rockcomic" credited to The Webspinners. Ron Dante appeared on a 1975 CBS TV pilot show called "Hip Patches". He is interviewed by a group of young musicians in a band named Silvermoon who were meant to be the stars of the show. On that show, he is introduced as the voice of "all five Archies" and explains to the audience what it takes to be a successful band. In 1979, he recorded a disco album under the name "Dante's Inferno" for the Infinity Records label, and in 1981 his second solo album "Street Angel" was released. Also in 1979, Dante

title: Dante's Inferno (1967 film)

text: uses imagery inspired by silent comedy and expressionist horror films. "Dante's Inferno" has been described as "bit of a mess" despite moments of "inspired lunacy". Russell's biographer Joseph Lanza takes the view that its moody black-and-white photography makes the locations in the English Lake District seem like Dracula's Transylvania. Joseph A. Gomez argues that its chaotic appearance hides a sophisticated structure, Dante's Inferno (1967 film) Dante's Inferno: The Private Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poet and Painter (1967) is a feature-length 35mm film directed by Ken Russell and first screened on the BBC on 22 December 1967 as part of

title: Dante's Inferno (1924 film)

text: Dante's Inferno (1924 film) Dante's Inferno (1924) is a silent film released by Fox Film Corporation, and adapted from "Inferno", part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem "Divine Comedy". The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity The UCLA Film and Television Archive has an incomplete print, three reels out of a total of five reels. A print of the film reportedly also survives at the Museum of

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: Epicurian Florentines in one of the tombs: Farinata degli Uberti, a famous Ghibelline leader (following the Battle of Montaperti in September 1260, Farinata strongly protested the proposed destruction of Florence at the meeting of the victorious Ghibellines; he died in 1264 and was posthumously condemned for heresy in 1283); and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti, a Guelph who was the father of Dante's friend and fellow poet, Guido Cavalcanti. The political affiliation of these two men allows for a further discussion of Florentine politics. In response to a question from Dante about the "prophecy" he has received, Farinata explains that what the

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: pus as they pour down his three chins. Each face has a mouth that chews eternally on a prominent traitor. Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus dangle with their feet in the left and right mouths, respectively, for their involvement in the assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 BC) – an act which, to Dante, represented the destruction of a unified Italy and the killing of the man who was divinely appointed to govern the world. In the central, most vicious mouth is Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Christ. Judas is receiving the most horrifying torture of

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: eternal, unbearable thirst. Master Adam points out two sinners of the fourth class, the Perjurers (Falsifiers of Words). These are Potiphar's wife (punished for her false accusation of Joseph, "Gen". 39:7–19) and Sinon, the Achaean spy who lied to the Trojans to convince them to take the Trojan Horse into their city ("Aeneid" II, 57–194); Sinon is here rather than in "Bolgia" 8 because his advice was false as well as evil. Both suffer from a burning fever. Master Adam and Sinon exchange abuse, which Dante watches until he is rebuked by Virgil. As a result of his shame and

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: rabid through the pit. Schicchi sinks his tusks into Capocchio's neck and drags him away like prey. Griffolino explains how Myrrha disguised herself to commit incest with her father King Cinyras, while Schicchi impersonated the dead Buoso Donati to dictate a will giving himself several profitable bequests. Dante then encounters Master Adam of Brescia, one of the Counterfeiters (Falsifiers of Money): for manufacturing Florentine florins of twenty-one (rather than twenty-four) carat gold, he was burned at the stake in 1281. He is punished by a loathsome dropsy-like disease, which gives him a bloated stomach, prevents him from moving, and an

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: accepted he escapes back into the pitch. Alichino and Calcabrina start a brawl in mid-air and fall into the pitch themselves, and Barbariccia organizes a rescue party. Dante and Virgil take advantage of the confusion to slip away. Canto XXIII Canto XXIV Canto XXV <br> Vanni hurls an obscenity at God and the serpents swarm over him. The centaur Cacus arrives to punish the wretch; he has a fire-breathing dragon on his shoulders and snakes covering his equine back. (In Roman mythology, Cacus, the monstrous, fire-breathing son of Vulcan, was killed by Hercules for raiding the hero's cattle; in "Aeneid"

title: Dante Falconeri

text: killer/artist Franco (James Franco) when Dante arrested him; Franco later kidnaps Lulu forcing Dante to rescue her. In January 2010, Dante's attempt to arrest Sonny ends with him getting shot. Dante is shocked to learn Sonny is his father, but instead of turning Sonny in for shooting him, he decides to send him to prison for killing his wife, Claudia Zacchara (Sarah Brown). Dante is shocked to learn that Sonny was covering for Michael and his persistence lands Michael in prison. With the whole world against them, Dante and Lulu grow closer. Meanwhile, Carly Corinthos Jacks (Laura Wright)'s attempt at

title: Dante Symphony

text: introduction are also developed. The second subject is heard in B major. The descent motif reasserts itself as Dante and Virgil descend deeper into Hell. The music reaches a great climax ("molto fortissimo"); the tempo reverts to the opening "Lento", and the brass intone the "Lasciate ogni speranza" theme from the slow introduction, accompanied by the drum-roll motif. Once again Liszt inscribes the score with the corresponding words of the "Inferno". As Dante and Virgil enter the Second Circle of Hell, rising and falling chromatic scales in the strings and flutes conjure up the infernal Black Wind that perpetually buffets

title: Paradiso (Dante)

text:
a flight for my wings". In a flash of understanding, which he cannot express, Dante does finally see this, and his soul becomes aligned with God's love: But already my desire and my will
 were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed,
 by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars. Paradiso (Dante) Paradiso (; Italian for "Paradise" or "Heaven") is the third and final part of Dante's "Divine Comedy", following the "Inferno" and the "Purgatorio". It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology. In the poem, Paradise

title: The Dante Club

text: and stung by hornets. Then Reverend Talbot, who was paid by the Harvard Corporation to write against Dante, was found dead in an underground cemetery, buried up to his waist upside down, his feet burnt and buried over money that he had accepted as a bribe. Members of the Dante Club, a group of poets translating the "Divine Comedy" from Italian into English, notice the parallels between the murders and the punishments detailed in Dante's "Inferno". The club, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and James Russell Lowell, sets out to solve the murders, fearing that the truth

title: Dante's Inferno (video game)

text: with Dante reaching Mount Purgatory, it was widely speculated that a sequel, based on the second poem in "The Divine Comedy", "Purgatorio", would enter production. Despite this, it was announced that Visceral had no plans for a sequel. In November 2011, Joshua Rubin announced that he had been hired as a writer for a video game sequel that was heavily hinted to be a sequel to "Dante's Inferno". However, as of 2018, no further information of any kind regarding a sequel to "Dante's Inferno" has been forthcoming. With the closing of Visceral Games in October 2017, it is highly unlikely

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: punishments of Hell proper begin. It is described as "a part where no thing gleams". They find their way hindered by the serpentine Minos, who judges all of those condemned for active, deliberately willed sin to one of the lower circles. Minos sentences each soul to its torment by wrapping his tail around himself a corresponding number of times. Virgil rebukes Minos, and he and Dante continue on. In the second circle of Hell are those overcome by lust. These "carnal malefactors" are condemned for allowing their appetites to sway their reason. These souls are buffeted back and forth by

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: states that he saw Jesus ("a Mighty One") descend into Limbo and take Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, and Rachel (see Limbo of the Patriarchs) into his all-forgiving arms and transport them to Heaven as the first human souls to be saved. The event, known as the Harrowing of Hell, would have occurred in A.D. 33 or 34. Dante encounters the poets Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan, who include him in their number and make him "sixth in that high company". They reach the base of a great Castle – the dwelling place of the wisest men of antiquity – surrounded

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: total; incorporating the Vestibule of the Futile, this leads to Hell containing 10 main divisions. This "9+1=10" structure is also found within the "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso". Lower Hell is further subdivided: Circle 7 (Violence) is divided into three rings, Circle 8 (Simple Fraud) is divided into ten "bolge", and Circle 9 (Complex Fraud) is divided into four regions. Thus, Hell contains, in total, 24 divisions. Dante wakes up to find that he has crossed the Acheron, and Virgil leads him to the first circle of the abyss, Limbo, where Virgil himself resides. The first circle contains the unbaptized and the

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: are located in four circles of Upper Hell (Circles 2–5). These sinners endure lesser torments than do those consigned to Lower Hell, located within the walls of the City of Dis, for committing acts of violence and fraud — the latter of which involves, as Dorothy L. Sayers writes, "abuse of the specifically human faculty of reason". The deeper levels are organized into one circle for violence (Circle 7) and two circles for fraud (Circles 8 and 9). As a Christian, Dante adds Circle 1 (Limbo) to Upper Hell and Circle 6 (Heresy) to Lower Hell, making 9 Circles in

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: are unrepentant. Dante's Hell is structurally based on the ideas of Aristotle, but with "certain Christian symbolisms, exceptions, and misconstructions of Aristotle's text". Dante's three major categories of sin, as symbolized by the three beasts that Dante encounters in Canto I, are Incontinence, Violence and Bestiality, and Fraud and Malice. Sinners punished for incontinence (also known as wantonness) — the lustful, the gluttonous, the hoarders and wasters, and the wrathful and sullen — all demonstrated weakness in controlling their appetites, desires, and natural urges; according to Aristotle's "Ethics", incontinence is less condemnable than malice or bestiality, and therefore these sinners

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: poem, Dante and Virgil encounter fortune-tellers who must walk forward with their heads on backward, unable to see what is ahead, because they tried to see the future through forbidden means. Such a "contrapasso" "functions not merely as a form of divine revenge, but rather as the fulfilment of a destiny freely chosen by each soul during his or her life". People who sinned, but prayed for forgiveness before their deaths are found not in Hell but in Purgatory, where they labour to become free of their sins. Those in Hell are people who tried to justify their sins and

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: the shores of the Acheron. Naked and futile, they race around through the mist in eternal pursuit of an elusive, wavering banner (symbolic of their pursuit of ever-shifting self-interest) while relentlessly chased by swarms of wasps and hornets, who continually sting them. Loathsome maggots and worms at the sinners' feet drink the putrid mixture of blood, pus, and tears that flows down their bodies. This symbolizes the sting of their guilty conscience and the repugnance of sin. This may also be seen as a reflection of the spiritual stagnation in which they lived. After passing through the vestibule, Dante and

title: Inferno (Dante)

text: guide hear the anguished screams of the Uncommitted. These are the souls of people who in life took no sides; the opportunists who were for neither good nor evil, but instead were merely concerned with themselves. Among these Dante recognizes a figure implied to be Pope Celestine V, whose "cowardice (in selfish terror for his own welfare) served as the door through which so much evil entered the Church". Mixed with them are outcasts who took no side in the Rebellion of Angels. These souls are forever unclassified; they are neither in Hell nor out of it, but reside on