Divine Comedy Flashcards
Dante Alighieri’s full name
Durante degli Alighieri
Dante’s birthplace
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Dante’s children
Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, Gabrielle, and Antonia
Il Sommo Poeta
The Supreme Poet
Divino Poeta
The Divine Poet
the Divine Comedy’s original title
Comedia
the three parts of the Divine Comedy
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
Hell’s Vestibule
The Opportunists
Hell’s Vestibule: punishment
pursued by wasps and hornets
Circle 1 (Limbo)
The Virtuous Pagans and Unbaptized Children
Circle 1 (Limbo): punishment
no hope
Circle 2 (Lust)
The Carnal; where Minos is
Circle 2 (Lust): punishment
Hell’s tempests/storm
Circle 3 (Gluttony)
The Gluttons
Circle 3 (Gluttony): punishment
garbage dump; stinky slush and snow formed by freezing rain
Circle 4 (Greed)
The Hoarders and the Wasters
Circle 4 (Greed): punishment
a great boulder pushed back and forth by mobs
Circle 5 (Anger)
The Wrathful and the Sullen
Circle 5 is located at _________
The Marsh of Styx
Circle 5 (Anger): punishment
the wrathful forever attack one another; the sullen are buried in darkness below the stinking mud
the boatman of Styx
Phlegyas
Circle 6 (Heresy)
The Heretics
The capital of Hell
the iron city, Dis
Who guards the gates of hell?
The Rebellious Angels
Circle 6 (Heresy): punishment
forever encased in flaming tombs
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 1
The Violent Against Neighbours
what marks the 1st Round of Circle 7?
The River of Blood patrolled by centaurs
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 1: punishment
forever immersed in boiling blood
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 2
The Violent Against Themselves
the Chief Centaur
Chiron
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 2: punishment
the suicides are forever encased in thorny trees and denied human form; the squanderers are forever driven naked through the thorny wood and are pursued by hungry beasts
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3
The Violent Against God, Nature and Art
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3: punishment
scorched from above and below by fire
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 1
The Blasphemers (Violent against God)
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 1: punishment
they are stretched out while lying their backs on the sand while subjected to the rain of fire
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 2
The Sodomites (Violent against Nature)
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 2: punishment
run in endless circles on the burning plain
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 3
The Usurers (Violent against Art)
Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 3: punishment
crouch and huddle along the edge of the burning plain near the cliff while wearing a heavy leather purse on their neck
