Canto XXII pt. 2 Flashcards
Circle 8 Bolgia 6
The Hypocrites
Circle 8 Bolgia 6: punishment
walking around eternally with heavy robes containing lead
Circle 8 Bolgia 6: chief sinner
Caiaphas
Circle 8 Bolgia 7
The Thieves
Circle 8 Bolgia 7: punishment
monstrous reptiles curl themselves around the sinners’ hands; a flying reptile pierces the jugular vein of one sinner who immediately bursts into flames then turns into ashes; waver between reptiles and humans
Circle 8 Bolgia 8
The Evil Counselors
Circle 8 Bolgia 8: punishment
trapped inside great flames
double-headed flame
Ulysses and Diomede
Circle 8 Bolgia 9
The Sowers of Discord
Circle 8 Bolgia 9: punishment
mutilated by a great demon with a sword
Circle 8 Bolgia 9: three classes
the sowers of religious discord, the sowers of political discord, the sowers of discord between kinsmen
Circle 8 Bolgia 10
The Falsifiers
Circle 8 Bolgia 10: punishment
darkness, stench, thirst, filth, loathsome diseases, and a shrieking noise (sick society); running after one another to tear them to pieces
Dante’s Uncle in Bolgia 10
Geri del Bello
Circle 8 Bolgia 10: four classes
Alchemists (falsifiers of things), Evil Impersonators (falsifiers of persons), Counterfeiters (falsifiers of money), False Witnesses (falsifiers of words)