Dante's Inferno - Sins and Punishments Latest Update Graded A

Dante's Inferno - Sins and Punishments Latest Update Graded A The Vestibule - The Opportunists Sin - Neither good nor evil in life but only for themselves; outcasts who took no sides in the Rebellion of the Angels. Neither in Hell nor out of it. Punishment - run in endless circles after a banner through the filthy air while being stung by wasps and hornets Circle 1 (Limbo) - The Virtuous Pagans Sin - Born before Christ: were not baptized Punishment - no torment; they feel as if there is no hope since they are not in the light of God Circle 2 - The Carnal (Lustful) Sin - betrayed reason to their appetites Punishment - forever swept in the storm winds of Hell, forever denied the light of reason and light of God Circle 3 - The Gluttons Sin - gluttony Punishment - rained upon by filth and lie half-buried in filth and garbage Cirlce 4 - The Hoarders and Wasters Sin - hoarding; lacked all moderation in regulating their expenses; only thought of money Punishment - useless labor; push around large stones around while yelling at each other "Why do you hoard?" "Why do you waste?" Circle 5 - The Wrathful and the Sullen Sin - (wrathful) expressing violent anger; (sullen) refused to welcome the sweet light of sun (Diving Illumination) Punishment - (wrathful) on the bank of the River Styx constantly fighting each other in the mud. (sullen) submerged in the black tar river, constantly sighing and choking on the words of an endless chant Circle 6 - The Heretics Sin - did violence to God by denying immortality; taught that the soul dies with the body Punishment - lie in an eternal grave in the fiery morgue of God's punishment Circle 7 (Round 1) - Violent Against Neighbors Sin - shed the blood of another human being; war-makers, tyrants, highwaymen Punishment - immersed in boiling blood for eternity, each according to the degree of his guilt Circle 7 (Round 2) - Violent Against Themselves Sin - committed suicide Punishment - become trees in with the Harpies feed off that causes them to bleed which is the only way they can speak Circle 7 (Round 3) - Violent Against God Sin - blasphemy against God Punishment - stretched supine on the burning sand Circle 7 (Round 3) - Violent Against Nature Sin - (sodomites) Punishment - run in endless circles on the hot sand while flames rain down on them Circle 7 (Round 4) - Violent Against Art Sin - committed usury Punishment - huddle on the burning sand with purses around their necks that contain the coat of arms Circle 8 (Malebolge) - The Fraudulent and Malicious Sin - simple fraud Circle 8 (Bolgia 1) - Panderers and Seducers Sin - goaded others to serve their own foul purposes Punishment - forced to march, single file around the circumference of their circle, constantly lashed my horned demons Circle 8 (Bolgia 2) - The Flatterers Sin - committed excessive false flattery Punishment - immersed forever in a river of human excrement Circle 8 (Bolgia 3) - The Simoniacs Sin - sellers of church offices for personal gain Punishment - turned upside down in large baptismal fonts cut into the rock, their feet set ablaze by oily fires. the heat of the flames burns according to the guilt of the sinner Circle 8 (Bolgia 4) - Fortune Tellers and Diviners Sin - attempted to pervert God's law to divine the future Punishment - heads are twisted around to face backwards and are forced to walk backwards on the circumference of their circle for eternity Circle 8 (Bolgia 5) - Grafters Sin - used their positions in life to gain personal wealth/ other advantages Punishment - thrown into a river of boiling pitch and tar; horned demons stand guard with grappling hooks and barbs in case anyone tries to escape the pitch Circle 8 (Bolgia 8) - Hypocrites Sin - hypocrisy Punishment - forced to wear heavy lead robes as they walk in an endless circle; robes are golden and awesome on the outside but deadly on the inside; Caiphas, the Pharisee who insisted execution of Jesus, is crucified in this circle, staked to the ground as the lead-weighted hypocrites walk across him Circle 8 (Bolgia 7) - Thieves Sin - thievery Punishment - tortured by serpents, dragons and other vengeful reptiles; pursued by monstrous fiery Cacus; others are denied human forms and turn into reptiles and can only assume their human shape if they steal it from someone else - the transformation is painful Circle 8 (Bolgia 8) - The Evil Counselors Sin - deceivers who have false or corrupted advice to other for personal benefit Punishment - Constantly ablaze Circle 8 (Bolgia 9) - Sowers of Discord Sin - promoted scandals, schism, and discord Punishment - forced to walk in an endless circle bearing horrible, disfiguring wounds made by the sword of a great demon Circle 8 (Bolgia 10) - Falsifiers (Class 1, Alchemists Class 2, Evil Impersonators Class 3, Counterfeiters Class 4, False Witnesses) Sin - attempted to alter things through lies or alchemy; those who try to pass off false things as real (counterfeiters of coins) Punishment - based on horrible, consumptive diseases such as rashes, dropsy, leprosy, and consumption Circle 9 (Cocytus) - Round 1, Caina: The Treacherous to Kin Sin - treachery against those whom they were bound by special ties Punishment - consumed in ice except for the neck and head Circle 9 (Cocytus) - Round 2, Antenora: The Treacherous to Country Sin - betrayal against one's country Punishment - consumed in ice except for head Circle 9 (Cocytus) - Round 3, Ptolomea: The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts Sin - treachery against the ties of hospitality Punishment - consumed in ice except for half of face; their tears freeze in their ice sockets, sealing them with little crystal visors Circle 9 (Cocytus) - Round 4, Judecca: The Treacherous to their Masters Sin - betrayal to one's master Punishment - lie completely sealed in ice, twisted and distorted into every conceivable posture Satan Fixed into the ice; constantly beats great wings; has three faces, each a different color; constantly rips apart a person in each mouth: Judas, Cassius, and Brutus