The Inferno of Dante Alighieri
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I Dante lost
in a dark wood; the leopard, the lion and the she-wolf;
Virgil offers to guide him. II
Virgil explains why he's come; Dante takes courage. III The Gate
of Hell; the vestibule; the indecisive; Charon IV Limbo,
the first circle; the unbaptized; the poets V
The second circle; Minos; the carnal sinners; Paolo and Francesca VI The third
circle; the gluttons; Cerberus; Ciacco VII Plutus; the
fourth circle; the prodigal and avaricious; Fortune; the fifth circle; the wrathful and sullen VIII The fifth circle; Phlegyas;
the rebellious angels; the city of Dis IX The
three furies; Medusa; the angel; the sixth circle; the heretics X The
heretics; Farinata; Cavalcante XI The
sixth circle; the tomb of the heretical pope, Anastasius; the plan of Hell XII The
seventh circle; the Minotaur; the violent; the centaurs; Chiron; the tyrants;
the murderers XIII The second
round of the seventh circle; the wood of the violent against themselves;
the harpies; Pier delle Vigne; Lano; Jacome da Sant Andrea; Florence XIV The third round
of the seventh circle; the burning sand; the violent against
God, Nature, Art; Capaneus; the Old Man of Crete; the rivers of Hell XV The
third round of the seventh circle; the sodomites; Brunetto Latini XVI The third
round of the seventh circle; three Florentines; the cord XVII Geryon; the usurers;
descent to the eighth circle XVIII The eighth circle,
Malebolge, first bolgia; the pimps and seducers; Jason;
the second bolgia; the flatterers; Alessio Interminei; Thaïs XIX The
eighth circle, third bolgia; the simonists; Nicholas III;
the poet's invective against simoniacal popes XX
The eighth circle, fourth bolgia; the diviners; Amphiaraus, Tiresias,
Manto, Eurypylus XXI The
eighth circle, fifth bolgia; the grafters; the boiling pitch;
Malacoda; the escort XXII The eighth
circle, fifth bolgia; the grafters, Barbariccia,
the Navarrese, Alichino, Calcabrina XXIII The eighth circle,
fifth bolgia; slide to the sixth bolgia;
the hypocrites; the jovial friars; Caiaphas; Virgil's distress XXIV The eighth circle,
sixth bolgia; climb to the seventh bolgia;
the thieves; Vanni Fucci; the prediction XXV Vanni
Fucci's obscene gesture to God; Cacus; the three shades;
Cianfa and Agnello merging; Buoso; Puccio Sciancato XXVI The eighth
circle; prophecy against Florence; view of the eighth bolgia;
the deceivers in flames; Ulysses XXVII The eighth circle,
eighth bolgia; the fraudulent counselors;
Guido da Montefeltro XXVIII The eighth circle, ninth
bolgia; the sowers of scandal and schism;
Mohammed; Curio; Mosca; Bertran de Born XXIX The
eighth circle, ninth bolgia; Geri del Bello; the tenth bolgia;
the falsfiers; Griffolino; Capocchio XXX
The eighth circle, tenth bolgia; the falsifiers; Gianni Schicchi;
Myrrha; Master Adam; Potiphar's wife; Sinon; Virgil's reproof XXXI The
bank to the ninth circle; the giants Nimrod, Ephialtes,
Briareus; Antaeus lowers them to the central, frozen pit. XXXII The ninth
circle, first ring, Caïna; the traitors to kin in the ice; Camiscion
de' Pazzi; the second ring, Antenora; the traitors to homeland or party; Bocca;
one sinner gnawing another XXXIII The ninth circle,
second ring; Ugolino's story; the third ring, Ptolomea;
Fra Alberigo and Branca d'Oria XXXIV The ninth circle,
fourth ring, Judecca; Dis or Lucifer; Judas, Brutus,Cassius;
the southern hemisphere; the stars List of illustrations Photographs by
Terry Allen and Janet Van Fleet 
