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Terms | Definitions |
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 What was the center of the earth in Dante's time? | Jerusalem |
| What was at the top of Mt. Purgatory? | Garden of Eden |
| What was "first mover" and 9th sphere which moved all the other spheres? | Prima Mobile |
| What important event occurred on the day Dante "entered" Hell? | The Vernal Equinox |
| What are the four elements that make up the universe? | Fire, earth, air, water |
| What are the four humors of the human body? | Yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, blood |
| What is yelow bile linked to? | Choleric or anger |
| What is black bile linked to? | Melancholy or sadness |
| What is phlegm linked to? | Phlegmatic or low energy |
| What is blood linked to? | Sanguine or full energy |
| What looks over the earth? | Dame Fortune |
| Who was the writer who fell fom his post and spoke of Lady Philosophy? | Boethius |
| What is the Greek word for descent into the underworld? | Nekuia |
| What are the three theological virtues? | Faith, Hope, and Love |
| What are the four classical virtues? | Self-control, justice, courage, and wisdom |
| What are the other works of Virgil? | Eclogues |
| What were the two warring factions of Florence? | Guelphs and Ghibbelines |
| What are the three animals Dante faces before he goes into hell? | She wolf (incontinence), Lion (violence), and Leopard (fraud) |
| What are the four rivers of hell? | Styx, Acheron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus |
| What is the source of the rivers of hell? | Old man of Crete |
| Who is the judge of hell? | Minos |
| Who was the boatman who took them across the River Styx? | Phlegyas |
| Who are the three worst sinners? | Judas, Cassius, and Brutus |
| What is the city of Satan that divides lower and upper hell? | City of Dis |
| What creature oversees circle seven? | Minotaur |
| Who is the beast of fraud and half man and half reptile? | Geryon |
| What creatures guard circle nine? | Giants |
| Who are the two lovers forever stuck together? | Paolo and Francesca |
| Who were the two heretics who were stuck in a coffin together? | Farinata and Cavalcanti |
| Who was the homosexual man that Dante admired in the 7th circle? | Ser Brunetto |
| Who was the only fictional character to speak? | Ulysses |
| Who was the man every hypocrite had to walk on as he lay crucified in their path? | Caiaphas |
| Who were the two Muslims in Bolgia nine of circle eight? | Mohammed and Ali |
| What four things made hell? | Sacred justice, divine omnipotence, ultimate intellect, and primordial love |
| They were the husband and wife who alone survived the flood. | Deucalion and Pyrrha |
| He was the god who chased her, and she became a laurel tree. | Apollo and Daphne |
| He was the god who chased her, and she became a cow. | Jupiter and Io |
| He was the god who chased her, and she became a bunch of reeds. | Pan and Syrinx |
| He was the god who chased her as a bull and she was the mother of Minos. | Jupiter and Europa |
| She was the goddess of the hunt and he saw her naked and was changed into a stag. | Diana and Acteon |
| He was the man who was in love with himself and she was the nymph who loved him but could only repeat what he said. | Narcissus and Echo |
| The Romeo and Juliet story with the lovers speaking through a wall. | Pyramus and Thisbe |
| He was the hero who slew Medusa and she was the woman he saved from the Kraken. | Perseus and Andromeda |
| She was the goddess of wisdom and warfare and she was the mortal who challenged her to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider. | Arachne and Minerva |
| She was the goddess who bore Apollo and Diana and she was the woman who put herself above the goddess since she had 14 children. | Niobe and Leto |
| He was the king of Thrace and she was his sister-in-law who he raped. | Tereus and Philomela |
| He was the son of Aeson sent to get the golden fleece and she was his wife. | Jason and Medea |
| She was the woman who fell in love with her attacker the king of Crete and he was the king whom she fell in love with. | Scylla and Minos |
| He was inventor of the Cretan labyrinth & he was the son who died from flying too close to the sun. | Icarus and Daedalus |
| They were the husband and wife who welcomed Mercury and Jupiter into their home and were saved from the doomed town. | Baucis and Philemon |
| She was the woman who fell in love with her brother and he was the brother who fled from her. | Byblis and Caunus |
| She was the woman who became a man, and she was the woman who married the woman who became a man: two girls fell in love | Iphis and Ianthe |
| He was the musician who went to Hades to get his love after she had died and she was his wife. | Orpheus and Eurydice |
| He was the god who fell in love with a boy and he was killed by the god with a discus and changed into a flower. | Apollo and Hyacinthus |
| He was the man who fell in love with a statue and she was the statue who came to life. | Pygmalion and Galatea |
| She was the goddess of love and he was the boy she fell in love with and who died in a boar hunt. | Venus and Adonis |
| She was the woman who married the man who beat her in a race and he married her. | Atalanta and Hippomenes |
| They fought over the armor of Achilles | Ajax and Ulysses |
| He was the Cyclops and she was the sea nymph he loved. | Polyphemus and Galatea |
| He was the man who was turned into a sea god and she was the woman he fell in love with and who was turned into a monster | Glaucus and Scylla |
| He was the man who loved a wood nymph and appeared to her in different forms to woo her and she was his love. | Pomona and Vertumnus |
| Where do the people who did not choose a side go? | the Vestibule - They must run forever after banners they cannot catch and being stung by hornets (angels and men) |
| What is the name of Circle I and who goes there and what is their punishment? | Limbo - Virtuous Pagans - Having no hope of reaching heaven: the only place in hell where there is light |
| Who goes to Circle II and what is their punishment? | The Carnal - Being blown in a circle: continuous, never ending, futility |
| Who goes to Circle III and what is their punishment? | The Gluttons - Bouncing up and down in horrible slush and Cerberus is feeding on them |
| Who goes to Circle IV and what is their punishment? | The Hoarders and Wasters - Hoarders push boulders against wasters and they accomplish nothing |
| Who goes to Circle V and what is their punishment? | The wrathful and slothful - they are imprisoned in the river Styx, very swamp like |
| Who goes to Circle VI and what is their punishment? | Heretics - They forever burn inside coffins |
| What is the name of Circle VIII? | Malebolge |
| Who goes to Circle VII? | Murderers |
| In Circle VII what is the punishment for people who commit violence against their neighbor? | They are punished in the Phlegethon River in boiling blood |
| In Circle VII what is the punishment for people who commit violence against themselves (suicide)? | They are turned into trees and grow and become twisted |
| In Circle VII what is the punishment for people who commit violence against God's child (nature=sodomy)? | They have to walk in endless circles in the burning sands |
| In Circle VII what is the punishment for people who commit violence against God's grandchild (art=usury)? | They must walk the burning sands and cry into money bags |
| Who goes to Circle VIII? | People who commit simple fraud and malice |
| Who goes into the First Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Pimps and Seducers - They must walk with nasty horned demons whipping them |
| Who goes to the Second Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Flatterers - They bob up and down in a ditch of human excrement |
| Who goes to the Third Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | People who make a profit out of selling religious items - They are pushed head first into living rock with their feet on fire with burning oil |
| Who goes to the Fourth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Fortunetellers and Diviners - They have their heads turned backwards and down |
| Who goes to the Fifth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | The grafters/embezzlers - they bob up and down in burning pitch |
| Who goes to the Sixth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Hypocrites - they have beautiful robes with lead to drag them down |
| Who goes to the Seventh Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Thieves - They lose their bodies when snakes bite them |
| Who goes to the Eighth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Evil councilers - They are encased in circular burning spheres |
| Who goes to Ninth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Sowers of Discord - They walk and heal as an angel cuts them |
| Who goes to the Tenth Bolgia of Circle VIII and what is their punishment? | Falsifiers - They are afflicted with different diseases |
| Who goes to Circle IX? | Traitors |
| In Circle IX, what is the punishment of traitors to their families? | Encased in ice and can bow their heads |
| In Circle IX, what is the punishment of traitors to their country? | Almost entire body is encased in ice |
| In Circle IX, what is the punishment of traitors to the guest-host relationship? | Half body encased in ice so when they cry their tears freeze up and shut their eyes |
| In Circle IX, what is the punishment of traitors to their lord? | They are completely encased in ice |
| What is the punishment of the three worst sinners? | They are each constantly being chewed in a mouth of Satan who is encased in ice |
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