THE INFERNO

CIRCLE 8

Bolgia 7-10

Bolgia 7: Thieves

Cacus – centaur This guy is strange Stole cattle from Hercules Dante made him a centaur

Bolgia 7: thieves

Five noble thieves approach Dante & Virgil Cantos XXV Read 16-33 Cantos XXV Read 43-90 Cantos XXV Read 103-135

Bolgia 7: Thieves

Why do they suffer this punishment?

They took something from others…

Bolgia 8: the evil

counselors

Bolgia 8

Sinners move endlessly Hidden by great tongues of flame Sin:

To abuse the gifts of the Almighty Steal His virtues for their own purposes

As they stole in life – hidden from view – so they are hidden in death

Bolgia 8

Consumed by flame Bad guys:

Ulysses Diomede

Ulysses or Odysseus

Ulysses

Three sins: Uncovered Achilles Theft of Pallas Trojan horse

Ulysses

Read page 203-204 in Mythology book

Bolgia 9: Sowers of

discord

Three levels of discord Religious Political Between kinsmen

They rent asunder what God had meant to be united

They in turn are rent asunder by a Demon

Bolgia 9

The sinners are continually ripped apart by a sword

After the mutilation, the souls drag their corpses around the circle

As they move around the circle, their bodies regenerate in order to be hacked apart again

Bolgia 9

Mohammed

At this time, Islam was thought of as a divisive religion

This is Dante’s opinion

Bolgia 9

Political discord Give an example? Who, today, would be in this circle? Why?

Bolgia 9

Between kinsman Bertrand de Born

Separated father from son He carries his head, which was separated from

his body Holds it like a lantern before him in the dark

Bolgia 9

Cantos XXVIII Read 118-132