While Dante and Virgil are waiting, three Furies appear on top of the tower, shrieking and ripping themselves with their…
Choosing which translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to read is a very subjective and personal decision. Any translation involves balancing…
A devil carrying a soul of the damned in his claws runs toward Dante and his guide Virgil. They watch…
Dante's Divine Comedy follows his journey through the afterlife of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Among the many lessons Dante learns…
Paradise in Dante's afterlife is not a collection of harp playing cherubs in the clouds. It is a journey up…
19th Century French illustrator Gustave Dore is responsible for the best known artistic interpretations of Dante's Divine Comedy. His designs…
Dante often referred to mythological stories and characters in his Divine Comedy. The myth of Glaucus is mentioned in Paradiso.…
The Circle of the Violent In the middle of Dante's discussion with the Alchemists, two other souls run up. Dante…