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Canto XXII pt. 2 Flashcards

1
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Circle 8 Bolgia 6

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The Hypocrites

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Circle 8 Bolgia 6: punishment

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walking around eternally with heavy robes containing lead

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Circle 8 Bolgia 6: chief sinner

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Caiaphas

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4
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Circle 8 Bolgia 7

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The Thieves

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Circle 8 Bolgia 7: punishment

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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

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Circle 8 Bolgia 8

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The Evil Counselors

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Circle 8 Bolgia 8: punishment

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trapped inside great flames

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8
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double-headed flame

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Ulysses and Diomede

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Circle 8 Bolgia 9

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The Sowers of Discord

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Circle 8 Bolgia 9: punishment

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mutilated by a great demon with a sword

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Circle 8 Bolgia 9: three classes

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the sowers of religious discord, the sowers of political discord, the sowers of discord between kinsmen

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12
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Circle 8 Bolgia 10

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The Falsifiers

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Circle 8 Bolgia 10: punishment

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darkness, stench, thirst, filth, loathsome diseases, and a shrieking noise (sick society); running after one another to tear them to pieces

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14
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Dante’s Uncle in Bolgia 10

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Geri del Bello

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15
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Circle 8 Bolgia 10: four classes

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Alchemists (falsifiers of things), Evil Impersonators (falsifiers of persons), Counterfeiters (falsifiers of money), False Witnesses (falsifiers of words)

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16
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The Central Pit of Malebolge

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The Giants and the Titans

17
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the final circle of Hell

18
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Circle 9

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The Treacherous

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Circle 9: punishment

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huge frozen lake

20
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Circle 9 Round 1

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Caina (Cain) - The Treacherous to Kin

21
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Circle 9 Round 1: punishment

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necks and bowed heads stick out of ice

22
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Circle 9 Round 2

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Antenora - The Treacherous to Country

23
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Circle 9 Round 2: punishment

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necks gripped by ice

24
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two heads in Circle 9 Round 2

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Count Ugolino and Archbishop Ruggieri

25
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Circle 9 Round 3

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Ptolomea (Ptolomaeus) - The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts

26
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Circle 9 Round 3: punishment

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half faces above ice; frozen tears inside sockets; alive souls, demonized bodies

27
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Circle 9 Round 4

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Judecca (Judas) - The Treacherous to Their Masters

28
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Circle 9 Round 4: punishment

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around Satan

29
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Circle 9 (Center)

30
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Satan’s punishment

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fixed into ice

31
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Satan’s physique

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three heads, each mouth ripping a sinner with his teeth

32
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three sinners among Satan

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Judas (central mouth), Brutus and Cassius (secondary mouths)

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