Humanism, in Dante’s Alighieri, is describe brought to light by those that are before him. He described them with comfort and purpose, unlike those that he crossed paths with earlier in the poem. The mention of one’s voice soft and quiet, not harsh or whaling in pain, and not a face of happiness nor grief adorns them. Homer is described as supreme and all-powerful, Horace is the humorous one, and then there is Ovid and Lucan that he comes in contact with. Dante seems to hear their voices on an accord as one with the sound of song, and the greeted him fairly which was smiled upon by his master, and Dante was invited to be part of their band which he was not approached in that manner by others throughout his poem, for in fact he was turned
