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Dante Alighieri

"Divine Comedy"


Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso


Illustrations by G. Dore

Illustrations by W. Blake

Illustrations by S. Dali

DANTE ALIGHIERI The Divine Comedy INFERNO Illustrations by Gustave Dore   Dante astray in the Dusky Wood   The Lion suddenly confronts Dante   The Darkening Sky of the First Night   The Doomed Souls embarking to cross the Acheron     Homer, the Classic Poets   The Souls of Paola and Francesca   Virgil shows Dante the Souls of the Wrathful   Phlegyas ferries Dante and Virgil across the Styx   Farinata degli Uberti addresses Dante   The Minotaur on the Shattered Cliff   Harpies in the Forest of the Suicides   The Violent, tortured in the Rain of Fire   Brunetto Latini accosts Dante