Third Circle Of Hell
The third circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri's ''Inferno (Dante), Inferno'', the first part of the 14th-century poem ''Divine Comedy''. ''Inferno'' tells the story of Dante's journey through a vision of the Hell in Christianity, Christian hell ordered into nine circles corresponding to classifications of sin; the third circle represents the sin of gluttony, where the souls of the gluttonous are punished in a realm of icy mud. Within the third circle, Dante encounters a man named Ciacco, with whom he discusses the contemporary strife between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Florence; the circle is also inhabited by the three-headed hound Cerberus, who torments sinners by rending them apart. Rather than focussing on the ''contrapasso'' punishment of the damned, Dante's depiction of the third circle of hell uses the figure of Ciacco—whose historicity is disputed—to explore the politics of Florence, which had previously led to the author being exiled from the city und ...
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Stradano Inferno Canto 06
Johannes Stradanus (Dutch ''Jan van der Straet'' or Italian ''Giovanni Stradano'';More name variations: Johannes Stradanus, Giovanni della Strada, Johannes della Strada, Giovanni Stradano, Johannes Stradano, Giovanni Stradanus, Johannes Stradanus, Jan van Straeten, Jan van Straten Jan van der Straet
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde van 1453–1615
edited and published by Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, Antwerp, 1872–1876, p. 153 1523 – 2 November 1605) was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, ...
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