This book is a long poem which covers Dante’s own travels through hell as he is guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. Along his way through the nine circles of hell Dante talks to many of the suffering spirits about what err they had done. The nine circles of hell progress from outermost to innermost in the order of limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence (which contains three sub-rings), malebolgia or fraud (which is divided into 10 bolgias), and treachery (which is divided into four sub-rings). In the end of the poem they confront Lucifer at the center, although they don’t end up talking to him, and make their way into
This book is a long poem which covers Dante’s own travels through hell as he is guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. Along his way through the nine circles of hell Dante talks to many of the suffering spirits about what err they had done. The nine circles of hell progress from outermost to innermost in the order of limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence (which contains three sub-rings), malebolgia or fraud (which is divided into 10 bolgias), and treachery (which is divided into four sub-rings). In the end of the poem they confront Lucifer at the center, although they don’t end up talking to him, and make their way into