1. DANTES INFERNO Welcome to Hell! Part I of The Divine Comedy By Dante Alighieri

2. THE GATES OF HELL ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE 3. *YOU ARE HERE, beyond the GATES OF HELL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * a depiction of hell based on the Divine Comedy 4. Circle I Limbo -Unbaptized and virtuous pagans who did not accept Christ. -Limbo is a somewhat pleasant place, with fields and a castle. -Denied God's presence for eternity 5. Circle II The Carnal -The lustful are sentenced to their punishment by Minos (pictured here). 6. The Suffering of the Carnal - The Lustfulindulged their passions beyond reason. - trapped forever in a violent storm, never to touch anything again. - Features the lovers Francesca and Paolo (pictured below). 7. Circle III The Gluttonous CERBERUS -Those trapped in Circle 3 are constantly maimed by Cerberus -Symbolic of their excessive drinking and eating 8. The Suffering of the Gluttonous -They lie in putrid slush (symbolic of the garbage they produced) -It is continuously raining and hailing -They provide quite a hefty snack for Cerberus 9. Circle IV The Hoarders and Wasters -The Greedy vs. the Wasteful - They are divided into two groups, each pushing boulders against each other (symbolic of their mundane existence on earth, with sin punishing its opposite sin). 10. Circle V - The River Styx -The Wrathful are forever attacking one another while stuck in the marsh of the Styx - Crossing the river on your own is too dangerouswho will be your guide? 11. Crossing the River Styx Phlegyas, your guide -The Slothful are eternally trapped beneath the swampy water of the River -They reach out and try to pull you into the swamp 12. You have reached the City of Dis! The Shores of Dis Now, your true nightmare beingsfor within the Walls of Dis are the worst sins of Hell... THE SINS OF MALICE 13. Circle VI The Heretics -The heretics denied immortality, and therefore denied God. - They are entombed in flaming graves for eternity (since they believed the soul dies with the body, they will suffer that fate in Hell). 14. Circle VII The Violent and the Bestial 15. Circle VII - Outer Ring The Violent Against Neighbors -Murderers and Warmakers are immersed in boiling blood (symbolic of the blood of those they killed). -Centaurs (pictured here) guard the banks and shoot arrows at anyone who tries to escape 16. Circle VII Middle Ring The Violent Against Self -The Wood of the Suicides -Their souls are encased in thorny trees. - The harpies feed upon their leaves. 17. Circle VII Middle Ring The Violent Against God -The blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers all committed a profane act against God -They are lain over burning sand or forced to ceaselessly run around in circles -The sky rains fire symbolic of Gods wrath 18. Circle VIII - Malebolge -Malebolge contains the fraudulent sinners -They are guilty of committing deliberate evil -Each type of sinner is placed in their own ditch Seducers Evil Counselors ThievesHypocrites GraftersSorcerersSimoniacsFlatterers Sowers of Discord Falsifiers 19. Circle VIII Inside Malebolge Seducers Run forever in opposite directions and are whipped by demons Flatterers Lie up to their necks in human feces Simoniacs Those who mocked the church are placed head-first in flaming holes Sorcerers Their heads are put on their bodies backward Grafters Trapped in a lake of burning pitch Hypocrites Made to wear brightly painted lead cloaks Thieves Chased by venomous snakes and who, after being bitten by the venomous snakes, turn into snakes themselves and chase the other thieves in turn Evil Counselors Eternally trapped in flames Sowers of discord Their bodies are ripped apart, healed, and they destroyed again Falsifiers Alchemists, counterfeiters, and perjureres are cursed with disease Falsifiers Simoniacs Sowers of Discord Thieves 20. The Path to the Ninth Circle... You must be lowered into the pit by the Giants Antaeus and Nimrod 21. Circle IX Bottom of the Well (Traitors) 22. Circle IX - Caina You travel across the frozen lake of the 9th circle of Hell Caina features those who betrayed their family They are frozen up to their necks in ice They cry eternally for those they betrayed 23. Circle IX - Antenora Antenora holds those who betrayed their country Your fear rises as you travel closer to the lair of the Devil 24. Circle IX - Ptolomea Ptolomea holds those who betryaed their guests Their tears freeze instantly and pierce their eyes 25. Circle IX - Judecca The Lair of Lucifer Traitors to their Lords Lucifers three faces eternally consume the bodies of Brutus and Cassius for betraying Caesar, and Judas Iscariot for betraying Christ There is only one path for you to take now ESCAPE!!! 26. Escape from Hell You climb Lucifers ragged fur towards an exityou have almost escaped! 27. Congratulations! You have survived your journey through Dantes Inferno! Hopefully you have a better understanding of the imaginative Hell Dante created