Dante Flashcards
Canto 1 poet
Virgil
Canto 1: three animals
Leopard, lion, she wolf
Canto 1 animal that will come back to chase the she wolf back to hell
Hound
Canto 2 Dante’s love
Beatrice
Canto 2 seeks help for Dante
Beatrice
Canto 3 first group encountered before entering the first circle
Did not make deliberate moral choices so are kept out of hell
Canto 3 gives the boat ride
Charon
First circle of hell
Limbo
Who is in the first circle of hell
Those who lived before Christ
Who was allowed to leave limbo
Moses
Noah
Specific
People seen in limbo
Aristotle Socrates Plato Homer Horace Ovid Lucan
Stands at the door between the first and second circle
Minos
Wraps his tail around sinners telling them which circle to goto
Minos
Second circle is for the
Lustful
Lustful woman who speaks to Dante in the second circle
Francesca
Stand at the third circle of hell
Cerberus
3rd circle if hell
Gluttonous
Person who speaks to Dante
In the 3rd circle
Ciacco