Inferno Study Gvide
HUMAN BEINGS
| Dante Alighieri |
| Publius Vergilius Maro |
| Beatrice Portinari |
BEINGS FROM CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION AND/OR THE BIBLE
| Paris, Helen O'Troy (Level 2; Lust) |
| Cerberus (Level 3, Gluttony) |
| Furies (Level 5, Anger) |
| Minotaur (Level 7, Greed) |
| Judas Iscariot (Level 9, Treachery) |
| Satan (Level 9, Treachery) |
ACTUAL DEAD HUMANS
| Socrates, Plato & Co. the famous Greek philosophers (Level 1; Limbo) |
| Popes, asstrologers, lawyers (Level 4; Greed) |
| Epicurus the infamous Greek philosopher (Level 6; Heresy) |
| Popes, asstrologers, lawyers, and Odysseus (Level 8; Fraud) |
| Brutus and Cassius (Level 9; Treachery) |
PRINCIPAL QVESTIONS
| How does Dante Alighieri exemplify all three components of our Public Affairs Mission? |
| Which sorts of sins does Dante consider particularly awful |
| What does Dante's treatment of Odysseus reveal about Dante's Weltanschauung? |
| How well does Dante combine Classical and Christian elements in his poem? |
| Who would you put in the nine levels of the Inferno? |