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circle 1

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limbo

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vestibule

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neutrals/so-sos

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circle 2

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the lustful

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allegory

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symbol

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symbolic retribution

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gods revenge

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Virgil

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writer of the Aeneid

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Aeneid and Aeneas…

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came from dark paths

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3 main divisions

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lack of control
violence
betrayal

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why did he write an epic

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because all great people wrote epics

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what did Dante write in

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Italian– so lower class could read it (popular)

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Beatrice

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dantes lost love

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where is Dante from

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Florence

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Ptolemaic universe

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9 rings of planets
God is 10
hell is cold (far from God)
named after Ptolemy

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empyrean

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10th layer of the universe (heaven)

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where are babies

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limbo

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Minos

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wraps tail around people and flings them into hell

was punished for not giving gods the bull (wife is attracted to Bulls)

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when was inferno written

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1300

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Acheron

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inside gates. dead people pay to cross this river

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Charon

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man you pay to cross the river into hell

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symbolic retribution

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punishment in hell that correlates to your sins on earth

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good Pagan

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born before jesus (limbo)

Plato Aristotle homor Cesar

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Paolo and Francesca

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lust. punishment is spinning in a whirlwind

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neutrals in vestibule punishment

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chasing a flag around and getting stung by bees

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3rd circle

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gluttonous

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4th circle

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avaricaricious and prodigal

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5th circle

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wrathful and sullen

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6th circle

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heretics

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order of sins

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lust
gluttony
greed
wrath
loath
envy 
Pride
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Pluto

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guards the boarders and wasters

ruler of the underworld in mythology

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Styx

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where they cross into the realm of violence

. where wrathful dwell

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phlegyas

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son of mars(God of war) guards wrath layer

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city of dis

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where heretics are and epicurions being burned in coffins
it’s mosques because Christians and Jews and Muslims were there
Virgil struggles because he isn’t from that realm

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medusa

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furies threaten to use her against Dante and Virgil unless they leave
she turns people into stone

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epicurious

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didn’t believe in afterlife
told people to live life to the fullest
in hell because he didn’t believe in God

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flippo argenti

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hit Dante as a child so Dante put him in hell

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Which direction does Dante travel

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down?

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7 deadly sins

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lust
gluttony
greed
wrath
Pride
envy
loath
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ciacco

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the “pig” that ate a lot

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agnostic

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I don’t know

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avaricaricious

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extreme greed or wealth for material things

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arigentry

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silver

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heretics

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a person believing in or practicing religion

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