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{{Main|Dante's Inferno}}

{{Main|Dante's Inferno}}

Virgil and Dante begin their journey through the gate of [[Hell]], across the river Acheron and down into [[Limbo]] and the lower circles. In each place, Dante questions the souls dwelling there, called ‘shades’ due to their lack of a body. All the shades will be resurrected and given new bodies, and continue in their deserved location. The people he meets are mostly taken from classical history and mythology, the Bible, and more recent Florentine and Italian history.

Virgil and Dante begin their journey through the gate of [[Hell]], across the river [[Acheron]] and down into [[Limbo]] and the lower circles. In each place, Dante questions the souls dwelling there, called ‘shades’ due to their lack of a body. All the shades will be resurrected and given new bodies, and continue in their deserved location. The people he meets are mostly taken from classical history and [[mythology]], the [[Bible]], and more recent [[Florence|Florentine]] and [[Italy|Italian]] history.

As well as the sinners who are punished there, Hell is inhabited by various monsters and demons. Some punishments are carried out by demons, especially in the eighth circle, and each circle is also home to a monster from classical mythology who guards it, while also being punished there for its own sins. For example, the circle of [[gluttony]] is guarded by the ravenous three-headed dog [[Cerberus]].

As well as the sinners who are punished there, Hell is inhabited by various monsters and demons. Some punishments are carried out by [[demon]]s, especially in the eighth circle, and each circle is also home to a monster from classical mythology who guards it, while also being punished there for its own sins. For example, the circle of [[gluttony]] is guarded by the ravenous three-headed dog [[Cerberus]].

At the bottom of the ninth circle of Hell, at the center of the frozen lake Cocytus, Dante and Virgil behold [[Satan]]. They then make their way out by climbing down Satan's body to a tunnel that leads from the Earth's center to the southern hemisphere, where Purgatory is located.<ref> [[The Divine Comedy]], By Dante Alighieri, Translated by Charles Singleton, Bollingen Series 80, Vol 1: Inferno. Copyright 1970 by Princeton University Press.  </ref>

At the bottom of the ninth circle of Hell, at the center of the frozen lake [[Cocytus]], Dante and Virgil behold [[Satan]]. They then make their way out by climbing down Satan's body to a tunnel that leads from the Earth's center to the southern hemisphere, where Purgatory is located.<ref> [[The Divine Comedy]], By Dante Alighieri, Translated by Charles Singleton, Bollingen Series 80, Vol 1: Inferno. Copyright 1970 by Princeton University Press.  </ref>

===Purgatory===

===Purgatory===