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[[Image:canino.png|right|thumb|200px|A carving of Cerberus, guardian of the third circle]]
 
[[Image:canino.png|right|thumb|200px|A carving of Cerberus, guardian of the third circle]]
 
* '''Minos''', mythological king of [[Crete]], guards the second circle (lust). He is depicted as a monstrous creature with a tail, who has the task of assigning new arrivals in Hell to their allotted place.
 
* '''Minos''', mythological king of [[Crete]], guards the second circle (lust). He is depicted as a monstrous creature with a tail, who has the task of assigning new arrivals in Hell to their allotted place.
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* '''Cerberus''' the ravenous three-headed dog guards the third circle (gluttony).
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* [[Cerberus]] the ravenous three-headed dog guards the third circle (gluttony).
 
* '''Plutus''', the personification of wealth, guards the fourth circle (greed). He speaks the unintelligible phrase 'Pape Satan, Pape Satan aleppe!', which has caused much debate among scholars as to its meaning.
 
* '''Plutus''', the personification of wealth, guards the fourth circle (greed). He speaks the unintelligible phrase 'Pape Satan, Pape Satan aleppe!', which has caused much debate among scholars as to its meaning.
 
* '''Phlegyas''', another mythical king, is the ferryman who carries Dante across the Styx (circle of anger).
 
* '''Phlegyas''', another mythical king, is the ferryman who carries Dante across the Styx (circle of anger).
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