Who is dantes

There, he came under the influence of one of the most famous scholars of the time, Ser Brunetto Latini, who never taught Dante but advised and encouraged him. Latini appears in Canto XV of the Inferno.

When Dante was still very young, 10 to 12 years old, he met a 9-year-old girl at a prominent function. She wore a bright crimson dress, and to Dante, she radiated the celestial beauty of an angel. The girl was Beatrice, and there is no doubt that she was the great love of Dante's life, and the greatest single influence on his work. Dante loved her at a distance, and she was, most probably, totally unaware of Dante's devotion to her. Her name appears only once in the Inferno , but she plays an important role in Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Dante's public life began when he fought bravely in a battle at Campaldino in By , he was completely involved in political causes, and was elected to the City Council that year. Florence, at that time, had two political parties: the Guelphs, who supported the pope as the ruler of the Catholic Church but believed that he should not be involved in secular affairs that is a belief in the American concept of the separation of church and state ; and the Ghibellines, who believed the pope should rule both secular and religious factions.

As a member of the Guelph political party, Dante was sent often on missions to arrange peace between the two warring parties. His opposition to the pope's interference to the unification of all the various city-states often brought him to be at odds with the reigning pope.

While on a mission to Rome to arrange a truce between the two parties, trumped-up charges were made against Dante: He was charged with graft, intrigue against the peace of the city, and hostility against the pope. After the initial meeting, Dante was given his first spell.

Dante fought and tamed an Asterian Beast. He used it to open the gates and began his journey into Hell. After he taunted Dante, Lucifer fled with Beatrice. When Dante entered Charon, he fought more minions of Hell, hijacked another Asterian Beast and used it to tear Charon's head off.

He threw the head off into the distance and escaped from the crashing ship. King Minos and Dante fought in an epic battle which ended with Dante sticking Minos' tongue on his torture wheel, spinning it and making his face split in half. His dead body fell into the depths of Hell just like Charon. Dante descended into Lust. Soon after arriving in a seemingly barren circle, a large phallic tower erupted from the ground. A gargantuan Cleopatra climbed the tower, summoning a violent storm which surrounded the tower and blew all of the souls that are trapped in the circle forever apart from one another.

As Dante ascended the tower, Cleopatra attacked with massive fists and monsters spawning from the nipples of her breasts.

When Dante reached the top of the tower, he and Beatrice saw each other once more, but she was to be married to Lucifer. She was dressed up in a hellish gown with makeup all over her face. The two disappeared and Dante battled with Marc Antony who was regurgitated by Cleopatra.

Dante defeated Marc Antony in battle despite the aid of Cleopatra in the background. Cleopatra shrunk to human size to grieve the loss of her lover and attacked Dante. This attempt was foiled shortly after by Dante with a scythe blow to her heart.

The platform that Dante took to the top of the tower suddenly began to drop and rapidly broke apart, but Dante managed to use his scythe to swing to safety and begin his descent into the third circle of Hell that was called Gluttony. The walls that Dante clinked to during his descent changed from a familiar rock surface to an organic fleshy one, signaling his arrival in Gluttony.

Upon arriving, Dante was confronted by Cerberus that was the three headed and worm-like hellhound. Dante was able to defeat Cerberus by slicing both the left and right heads off and blowing the middle up. He travelled through the circle under a storm of wastes and dangers hidden under the surface with many teeth.

After traveling through a mirror-like doorway, Lucifer confronted Dante about his sins and showed him how his loved ones are murdered by the Slave Girl's brother who revealed that he was not her brother, but her husband.

After fighting a Glutton demon off and working through a reality-bending puzzle, Dante found himself descending into the fourth circle of Hell that was called Greed. In Greed, Dante travelled through several obstacles such as wall climbing, swinging on the vines and fighting the hordes of minions of all kinds. Using Plutus ' powers of making giant gold objects pass by him, Dante hijacked an Arterian Beast, used Plutus' powers again to pass by him and destroyed the Wheel of Fortune.

Eventually, Dante finally saw his father once more. After his death, Dante's father was condemned to Greed. Lucifer warped Alighiero into an obese monster that was similar to a Glutton in size, skin color and appearance. Lucifer promised Alighiero a thousand years free of torture and a horde of gold if he would murder his own son. Confronting his son near the entrance of the Fifth Circle, Alighiero was defeated by Dante.

He proceeded to absolve his father, freeing him from the Inferno. Dante descended into Anger , went through a few obstacles, fought a few hordes and finally travelled on the Styx River. Unknown to Dante, the boat that he used was actually Phlegyas ' head. When Dante found out, he almost fell off, but he used his Scythe in time to land on higher ground.

Phlegyas became angry because of this and attacked, but unlike in the other circles, Dante did not fight the boss. Instead, Dante fought a horde of his minions. Beatrice like Persephone in the Underworld ate three pomegranate seeds and was transformed into a demonic creature. She grew several hundred feet and after passionately kissing Lucifer, she disappeared.

Soon after, Dante took control of Phlegyas and used him to open the gates of the lower parts of Hell and entered Heresy. While inside the giant city of Dis , Phlegyas' massive weight caused the floor to collapse and sent him hurling down into the abyss. Heresy was part of the City of Dis.

The entire city was filled with fire where the heretics are burned for eternity in the fiery tombs. Dante made his way through with no real obstacles other than climbing on the walls and few several groups of minions. However, the city started to collapse due to the Harrowing of Hell , forcing Dante to leave the circle.

Dante descended into the seventh circle that was called Violence. The Seventh Circle was divided into three parts. Dante crossed the Phlegethon River that was the river of boiling blood where those who acted with violence against others resided.

During the first ten years of exile, Dante traveled around most of Tuscany and may have even gone to Paris for a short period. From to , he stayed in Verona and then lived in Ravenna from until his death in Collins, James J. Dante: Layman, Prophet, Mystic. Staten Island, N. Hawkins, Peter S. Dante: A Brief History. Malden, Mass. Convivio The Banquet is an unfinished work written between and Like the Vita Nuova, it is a collection of prose and poetry.

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