Dante Flashcards

(42 cards)

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circle 1

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limbo

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vestibule

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neutrals/so-sos

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2
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circle 2

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the lustful

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3
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allegory

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symbol

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4
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symbolic retribution

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gods revenge

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5
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Virgil

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writer of the Aeneid

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6
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Aeneid and Aeneas…

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came from dark paths

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7
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3 main divisions

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lack of control
violence
betrayal

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8
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why did he write an epic

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because all great people wrote epics

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9
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what did Dante write in

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Italian– so lower class could read it (popular)

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10
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Beatrice

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dantes lost love

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11
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where is Dante from

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Florence

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12
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Ptolemaic universe

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9 rings of planets
God is 10
hell is cold (far from God)
named after Ptolemy

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13
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empyrean

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10th layer of the universe (heaven)

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14
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where are babies

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limbo

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15
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Minos

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wraps tail around people and flings them into hell

was punished for not giving gods the bull (wife is attracted to Bulls)

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16
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when was inferno written

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Acheron

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inside gates. dead people pay to cross this river

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Charon

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man you pay to cross the river into hell

19
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symbolic retribution

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punishment in hell that correlates to your sins on earth

20
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good Pagan

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born before jesus (limbo)

Plato Aristotle homor Cesar

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Paolo and Francesca

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lust. punishment is spinning in a whirlwind

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neutrals in vestibule punishment

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chasing a flag around and getting stung by bees

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3rd circle

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4th circle
avaricaricious and prodigal
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5th circle
wrathful and sullen
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6th circle
heretics
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order of sins
``` lust gluttony greed wrath loath envy Pride ```
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Pluto
guards the boarders and wasters | ruler of the underworld in mythology
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Styx
where they cross into the realm of violence | . where wrathful dwell
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phlegyas
son of mars(God of war) guards wrath layer
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city of dis
where heretics are and epicurions being burned in coffins it's mosques because Christians and Jews and Muslims were there Virgil struggles because he isn't from that realm
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medusa
furies threaten to use her against Dante and Virgil unless they leave she turns people into stone
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epicurious
didn't believe in afterlife told people to live life to the fullest in hell because he didn't believe in God
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flippo argenti
hit Dante as a child so Dante put him in hell
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Which direction does Dante travel
down?
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7 deadly sins
``` lust gluttony greed wrath Pride envy loath ```
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ciacco
the "pig" that ate a lot
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agnostic
I don't know
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avaricaricious
extreme greed or wealth for material things
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arigentry
silver
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heretics
a person believing in or practicing religion