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The Nine Circles of Hell: Dante’s Inferno, Circle by Circle

Lucy Bamboo · October 23, 2026

All nine circles of Dante’s Hell in order, anchored to the cantos that describe them, including the two things the usual lists get wrong.

Categories Divine Comedy, Inferno Tags Canto XI, circles of hell, Cocytus, Inferno structure, levels of hell, Malebolge, nine circles of hell Leave a comment

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