Inferno (Dante) facts for kids
Inferno by the Italian author Dante is a work of fiction published in the 1500s, as part of The Divine Comedy. It tells of the fictional journey that two men, Dante himself as well as Greek poet Virgil, takes through Christian Hell. Hell is made up of several levels, or circles, in which sinners are divided and punished according to their sins. Their punishments are measured according to how many good deeds vs bad deeds were done.
Images for kids
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Gustave Doré's engravings illustrated the Divine Comedy (1861–1868). Here, Dante is lost at the start of Canto I of the Inferno.
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A Gustave Doré wood engraving of Geryon, Canto XVII
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Illustration by Sandro Botticelli: Dante and Virgil visit the first two bolge of the Eighth Circle
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Titans and Giants, including Ephialtes on the left, in Doré's illustrations
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Satan in the Inferno is trapped in the frozen central zone in the Ninth Circle of Hell, Canto XXXIV (Gustave Doré)
See also
In Spanish: Infierno (Divina comedia) para niños