Canto 3

At the river that marks the real boundary of Hell, an ancient ferryman takes one look at Dante and refuses to let him aboard — and it takes four unexplained words from Virgil to change his mind. Inferno · Canto 3 · Lines 70–136 · Scene 9 DIVINE COMEDY · SCENE 9InfernoCanto 3 of 34PurgatorioParadiso … Read more

Before Hell proper begins, Dante has to walk through a crowd that belongs to neither Heaven nor Hell — and the first soul he recognizes there, he refuses to name. Inferno · Canto 3 · Lines 31–69 · Scene 8 DIVINE COMEDY · SCENE 8InfernoCanto 3 of 34PurgatorioParadiso The moment they pass through the gate, … Read more