Author: Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante (c. 1265–1321), was a major Italian poet of the late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.

A Brief History Inferno (Italian for “Hell”) is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy.  It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.  It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil.  In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth.  Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin. Digging Deeper: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Canto I Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself…

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