Character List Flashcards
(24 cards)
Judas Iscariot
betrayed Jesus, Ninth Circle, treacherous against their masters, ripped by Satans teeth
Casiuss
betrayed Caesar, Ninth Circle, treacherous against their masters, ripped by Satans teeth
Virgil
Limbo, the symbol of Human reason, represents the highest level a human can reach without
Beatrice
Symbol of Divine Love, sent Virgil to lead virgil from error
Pope Celestine V
vestibule of hell Pope that gave up his position, led to Boniface assuming the papal position
Homer
Limbo, virtuous pagan, great poet
Cleopatra
Cleopatra - Circle Two, she was lustful and her lover was Marc Antony
Helen
cause of the trojan war Circle 2
Paolo
circle 2, had affair with his brothers wife
Filippi Argenti
Circle 5, wrathful, bitter political enemy of Dante
Farinata Degli Uberti
Circle Six, expelled Guelphs from Florence and declared a heretic after death
Pope anastasius
Circle Six, excused a guy who denied the Divine paternity of Christ
Alexander the Great
Circle Seven: Round 1, blood thristy tyrants of Sicily
Attila
Circle Seven: Round 1, he killed a bunch of people, “Scourge of God”
Ser Brunetto Latino
Circle Seven: Round 3, he was a gay, good friend of Dante’s
Jason
Circle Eight: Bolgia 1, seduced a woman & got her pregnant then left
Pope Nicholas III
Circle Eight: Bolgia 3, sold Church favors and offices
Simon Magus
Circle Eight: Bolgia 4, tried to buy power to administer the Holy Ghost
Capaneus
seventh Circle (third round) thought he was better than Zeus .. struck by lightning
Pier Delle Vigne
poet who killed himself
jacomo de sant andrea
famed destroyers of their own wealth
aruns
a local boy from Dante’s region, this Etruscan seer prophesied the Roman Civil War that ended in Julius Caesar’s victory over Pompey the Great, setting the stage for the creation of the Roman Empire
ulysses
placed in the 8th circle of Inferno because he lived by pillage and fraud
betrand de born
Bertrand is one of the hideous sowers of discord in circle 8, ditch 9
