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Judas Iscariot

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In the center mouth of Satan. Area of Hell is Judecca. People who were trecherous to their masters.

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Cassius

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Being eaten by the white face of Satan. Betrayed Caesar.

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In the center mouth of Satan. Area of Hell is Judecca. People who were trecherous to their masters.

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Judas Iscariot

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Being eaten by the white face of Satan. Betrayed Caesar.

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Cassius

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Represents human reason. Lives in limbo. Dante’s guide through Hell.

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Virgil

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Symbolizes divine love. Dante’s love interest.

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Beatrice

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Opportunist. Very corrupt. Quit the papacy; successor banished Dante

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Pope Celestine V

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Wrote the iliad and the odyssey. He is in limbo

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Homer

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in Carnal circle

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Cleopatra

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in Carnal circle

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Helen

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with Francesca with whom he had a love affair. She was his sister in law. Second circle with the Carnal.

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Paolo

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Wrathful. Circle 5. First person Dante wants to be tortured.

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Filippo Argenti

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with the heretics in Circle 6. War cheif of the Tuscan Ghibellines.

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Farinata Degli Uberti

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Violent against neighbors. Boiling river of blood up to his eyelashes

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Alexander the Great

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violent against neighbors. Also up to his eyelashes

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Attila

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Circle 7. Round 3. Dante likes him. Prophesises Dante’s suffering. (Florence)

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Ser Brunetto Latino

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With the panderes/seducers. Circle 8 Bolgia 1. Impregnated and left one of his lovers.

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Jason

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Circle 8 Bolgia 3. Cheif Sinner with the Simoniacs. Stuck in hole upside sown with feet on fire. Dante thinks he deserves it. Is waiting for Boniface VIII.

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Pope Nicholas III

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The person for whom the Simoniacs are named. Offered to buy power to administer the holy ghost. Biblical Character.

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Simon Magus

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Circle 7 Round 3. Cheif sinner of the circle.Violent against God.

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Capaneus

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Circle 7 Round 2. Violent against themselves. Suicide. Trapped in throny trees, can only speak when bleeding (harpies eating them)

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Pier Delle Vigne

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Circle 7 Round 2. Dogs are tearing him apart. He was a destroyer of goods. He burned down workers’ huts.

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Jacomo da Sant’ Andrea -

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Fortune tellers and diviners. Circle 8. Predicted war between Caesar and Pompey. Head is on backwards

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Aruns

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Circle 8. Bolgia 5. Grafters. He accepted bribes to set prisoners free.

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Friar Gomita

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Theives. Continuously changing reptile -> human, steal one another's bodies.
Five Noble Theives of Florence
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Double-headed flame in Circle 8 Bolgia 8 (with Diomede) Evil counselor. Guilt against Trojans. Also, Ulysses convinced his men to continue theeir travels. One of his men's loves died from greif.
Ulysses
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Circle 8. Evil counselors. Lord of Ramagna. Blames BGoniface VIII for persuading him to sin.
Count Guido da Montefeltro
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sowers of religious discord. Circle 8 Bolgia 9. Not dead yet.
Fra Dolcino
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Sower of political Discord. Being cut up by a demon with a sword.
Mosca dei Lamberti
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Sower of discord between kinsmen. Head is seperated from body. He carries it around like a lantern.
Betrand de Born
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Built the tower of Babel. Giant.
Nimrod
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Dante kicks him in the head and then rips out a bunch of his hair. Treachery to country. Circle 9.
Bocca degli Abbati
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Guy who was being eaten by Count Ugolino. In life, AR starved the other guy.
Archbishop Ruggieri
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With the treacherous to hospitality/guests. Invited his father-in-law to dinner, then had him cut up into pieces. Circle 9. Round 3.
Branca d'Oria
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Emporer of Rome. Killed by Brutus and Cassius. He is in limbo (we think).
Julius Caesar
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Circle 6. There because Dante made a mistake and meant to put Emporer Anastasius in Hell.
Pope Anastasius
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Virgil
Represents human reason. Lives in limbo. Dante's guide through Hell.
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Beatrice
Symbolizes divine love. Dante's love interest.
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Pope Celestine V
Opportunist. Very corrupt. Quit the papacy; successor banished Dante
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Homer
Wrote the iliad and the odyssey. He is in limbo
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Cleopatra
in Carnal circle
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Helen
in Carnal circle
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Paolo
with Francesca with whom he had a love affair. She was his sister in law. Second circle with the Carnal.
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Filippo Argenti
Wrathful. Circle 5. First person Dante wants to be tortured.
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Farinata Degli Uberti
with the heretics in Circle 6. War cheif of the Tuscan Ghibellines.
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Pope Anastasius
Circle 6. There because Dante made a mistake and meant to put Emporer Anastasius in Hell.
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Alexander the Great
Violent against neighbors. Boiling river of blood up to his eyelashes
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Attila
violent against neighbors. Also up to his eyelashes
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Ser Brunetto Latino
Circle 7. Round 3. Dante likes him. Prophesises Dante's suffering. (Florence)
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Jason
With the panderes/seducers. Circle 8 Bolgia 1. Impregnated and left one of his lovers.
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Pope Nicholas III
Circle 8 Bolgia 3. Cheif Sinner with the Simoniacs. Stuck in hole upside sown with feet on fire. Dante thinks he deserves it. Is waiting for Boniface VIII.
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Simon Magus
The person for whom the Simoniacs are named. Offered to buy power to administer the holy ghost. Biblical Character.
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Capaneus
Circle 7 Round 3. Cheif sinner of the circle.Violent against God.
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Pier Delle Vigne
Circle 7 Round 2. Violent against themselves. Suicide. Trapped in throny trees, can only speak when bleeding (harpies eating them)
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Jacomo da Sant' Andrea -
Circle 7 Round 2. Dogs are tearing him apart. He was a destroyer of goods. He burned down workers' huts.
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Aruns
Fortune tellers and diviners. Circle 8. Predicted war between Caesar and Pompey. Head is on backwards
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Friar Gomita
Circle 8. Bolgia 5. Grafters. He accepted bribes to set prisoners free.
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Five Noble Theives of Florence
Theives. Continuously changing reptile -> human, steal one another's bodies.
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Ulysses
Double-headed flame in Circle 8 Bolgia 8 (with Diomede) Evil counselor. Guilt against Trojans. Also, Ulysses convinced his men to continue theeir travels. One of his men's loves died from greif.
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Count Guido da Montefeltro
Circle 8. Evil counselors. Lord of Ramagna. Blames BGoniface VIII for persuading him to sin.
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Fra Dolcino
sowers of religious discord. Circle 8 Bolgia 9. Not dead yet.
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Mosca dei Lamberti
Sower of political Discord. Being cut up by a demon with a sword.
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Betrand de Born
Sower of discord between kinsmen. Head is seperated from body. He carries it around like a lantern.
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Nimrod
Built the tower of Babel. Giant.
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Bocca degli Abbati
Dante kicks him in the head and then rips out a bunch of his hair. Treachery to country. Circle 9.
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Archbishop Ruggieri
Guy who was being eaten by Count Ugolino. In life, AR starved the other guy.
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Branca d'Oria
With the treacherous to hospitality/guests. Invited his father-in-law to dinner, then had him cut up into pieces. Circle 9. Round 3.
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Julius Caesar
Emporer of Rome. Killed by Brutus and Cassius. He is in limbo (we think).

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