III. HELL
| CANTOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Wood. | Leopard, Lion, and Wolf. Guidance of Virgil. | i.-ii. | |
| Gate of Hell. | |iii. | ||
| Ante-Hell. | Pusillanimous and neutrals, souls and Angels. St. Celestine v. (Some place Slothful, Accidiosi, here. | iii. | |
| Acheron. | Charon’s boat. | iii. | |
| Brink of the Abyss. | iv. | ||
| Circle I. (Limbo.) | Unbaptized Children and Virtuous Heathen. The Noble Castle. Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Lucan. Electra, Hector, Aeneas, Caesar; Camilla, Penthesilea, Latinus,Lavinia; the elder Brutus, Lucretia, Julia, Martia, Cornelia, The Saladin. Aristotle; Socrates, Plato; Democritus, Diogenes, Anaxagoras, Thales, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Zeno, Dioscorides; Orpheus, Cicero, Linus, Seneca; Euclid and Ptolemy; Hippocrates, Avicenna, Galen; Averroës. | Outside ethical scheme of Hell, because unknown to Aristotle as sin. Some regard this circle, with Ante-Hell, as representing Negative Incontinence. | iv. |
| Circle II. | Minos. The Lustful: Semiramis, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, Achilles, Paris, Tristram; Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. | Incontinence. | v. |
| Circle III. | Cerberus. The Gluttonous: Ciacco of Florence. | vi. | |
| Circle IV. | Plutus. Avaricious and Prodigal (none recognisable). | vii. | |
| Circle V. (Styx.) | The Slothful? Angry and Sullen. Phlegyas and his boat. Filippo Argenti. | vii.-viii. | |
| Walls of City of Dis. | Fiends and Furies. The Messenger of Heaven. | viii.-ix. | |
| Circle VI. | Heretics. Epicurus and his followers. Farinata degli Uberti, Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti; Frederick ii, Cardinal Ottaviano degli Ubaldini; Pope Anastasius. | Outside ethical scheme. Intermediate between Incontinence and Violence. Some regard this Circle as included in Bestiality, or as Negative Violence. | ix.-xi. |
| Precipice. | The Minotaur. | xii. | |
| Circle VII. | (1) In the river Phlegethon, the violent against others, tyrants and murderers; Alexander the Great, Dionysius of Sicily; Ezzelino, Obizzo da Esti; Guy de Montfort; Attila, Pyrrhus, Sextus Pompeius; Rinier da Corneto, Rinier Pazzo. Chiron, Nessus, Pholus and other centaurs. | Violence or Bestiality. | xii. |
| (2) In the wood of harpies and hell-hounds, the violent against themselves, suicides and squanderers; Pier della Vigna; Lano of Siena, Giacomo da Santo Andrea; a Florentine suicide. | xiii. | ||
| (3) On the burning sand:— (a) The violent against God; Capaneus. (b) The violent against Nature; Brunetto Latini; Priscian, Francesco d’Accorso, Andrea de’ Mozzi; Guido Guerra, Tegghiaio Aldobrandi, Jacopo Rusticucci, Guglielmo Borsiere. (c) The violent against Art (Usurers); unrecognisableindividuals of Gianfigliazzi and Ubbriachi, and Rinaldo degli Scrovigni, expecting Vitaliano del Dente and Giovanni Buiamonte. | xiv.-xvii | ||
| Great Abyss. | Geryon. | xvii. | |
| Circle VIII. (Malebolge.) | (1) Panders and Seducers; Venedico Caccianemico, Jason. Horned Devils. | Fraud, Malice. | xviii. |
| (2) Flatterers; Alessio Interminei, Thais. | |||
| (3) Simoniacs; Nicholas iii, awaiting Boniface viii and Clement v. | xix. | ||
| (4) Soothsayers and Sorcerers; Amphiaraus, Tiresias, Aruns, Manto, Eurypylus, Michael Scot, Guido Bonatti, Asdente of Parma. | xx. | ||
| (5) Barrators; the Elder of Lucca, Ciampolo, Frate Gomita, Michel Zanche. Malacoda and the Malebranche. | xxi.-xxiii. | ||
| (6) Hypocrites; two Frati Godenti of Bologna (Catalano | xxiii. | ||
| (7) Thieves; Vanni Fucci; Cacus; Cianfa Donati, Francesco de’ Cavalcanti, Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso (Donati or degli Abati), Puccio de’ Galigai. | xxiv.-xxv. | ||
| (8) Evil Counsellors; Ulysses and Diomed; Guido da Montefeltro. | xxvi.-xxvii. | ||
| (9) Sowers of Scandal and Schism; Mahomet, Ali, Pier da Medicina, Curio, Mosca de’ Lamberti, Bertran de Born; Geri del Bello. | xxviii.-xxix. | ||
| (10) Falsifiers; Griffolino, Capocchio; Gianni Schicchi,Myrrha; Adam of Brescia, one of the Counts of Romena; Potiphar’s wife; Sinon. | xxix-xxx. | ||
| Well of Giants. | Nimrod, Ephialtes, Briareus, Antaeus, Tityus, Typhon. | xxxi. | |
| Circle IX. (Cocytus.) | (1) In Caina; traitors to their kindred; Alessandro and Napoleone degli Alberti, Mordred, Focaccia, Sassolo Mascheroni, Camicione dei Pazzi. | Treachery, Malice. | xxxii.-xxxiv. |
| (2) In Antenora; traitors to country or party; Bocca degli Abati, Buoso da Duera, Tesauro Beccheria, Gianni de’ Soldanieri, Tebaldello, Ganelon, Count Ugolino and Archbishop Ruggieri. | |||
| (3) In Tolomea; traitors to their guests; Alberigo de’ Manfredi, Branca d’Oria. | |||
| (4) In Giudecca; traitors to their benefactors and theirlords; Judas, Brutus, Cassius. | |||
| Centre of the Earth. | Lucifer. | xxxiv. |