Dante's Inferno Character List 100% Correct

Dante's Inferno Character List 100% Correct Dante The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Virgil Dante's guide through the depths of Hell.(Human Reason) Beatrice One of the blessed in Heaven, Beatrice aids Dante's journey by asking an angel to find Virgil and bid him guide Dante through Hell. Like Dante and Virgil, Beatrice corresponds to a historical personage. Charon A figure that Dante appropriates from Greek mythology, Charon is an old man who ferries souls across the river Acheron to Hell. Paolo and Francesca da Rimini A pair of lovers condemned to the Second Circle of Hell for an adulterous love affair that they began after reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. Lucifer The prince of Hell resides at the bottom of the Ninth ) Circle of Hell with his body jutting through the planet's center. An enormous giant, he has three faces but does not speak; his three mouths are busy chewing three of history's greatest traitors: Judas, the betrayer of Christ, and Cassius and Brutus, the betrayers of Julius Caesar. Minos a giant beast who stands at the Second Circle of Hell, deciding where the souls of sinners shall be sent for torment. Pope Boniface VIII A notoriously corrupt pope who reigned from 1294 to 1303, Boniface made a concerted attempt to increase the political might of the Catholic Church and was thus a political enemy of Dante, Farinata A Ghibelline political leader from Dante's era who resides among the Heretics in the Sixth Circle of Hell. Farinata is doomed to continue his intense obsession with Florentine politics Phlegyas The boatman who rows Dante and Virgil across the river Styx Filippo Argenti A Black Guelph, a political enemy of Dante who is now in the Fifth Circle of Hell. Argenti resides among the Wrathful in the river Styx. Nessus The Centaur (half man and half horse) who carries Dante through the First Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell. Geryon The massive serpentine monster that transports Dante and Virgil from the Seventh to the Eighth Circle of Hell. Malacoda The leader of the Malabranche, the demons who guard the Fifth Pouch of the Eighth Circle of Hell. Malacoda (his name means "evil tail") intentionally furnishes Virgil and Dante with erroneous directions. Vanni Fucci A thief punished in the Seventh Pouch of the Eighth Circle of Hell who prophesies the defeat of the White Guelphs. A defiant soul, Fucci curses God and aims an obscene gesture at Him before Dante journeys on. Ulysses The great hero of the Homeric epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. Ulysses was a bold and cunning man who is now imprisoned in the Eighth Pouch of the Eighth Circle of Hell among those guilty of Spiritual Theft. Guido da Montefeltro An advisor to Pope Boniface VIII, da Montefeltro was promised anticipatory absolution—forgiveness for a sin given prior to the perpetration of the sin itself. Antaeus The giant who transports Dante and Virgil from the Eighth to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Count Ugolino A traitor condemned to the Second Ring of the Ninth Circle of Hell. Ugolino gnaws on the head of another damned traitor, Archbishop Ruggieri. When Ruggieri imprisoned Ugolino and his sons, denying them food, Ugolino was driven to eat the corpses of his starved sons. Caiphas Man who convinced Pontius Pilate to crucify Jesus; crucified on ground and trampled Nimrod Built the Tower of Babel; a giant who speaks gibberish. guards circle nine Pope Nicholas III The most recent Pope to die in Dante's day; he is in the 3rd Pouch of the 8th Circle; confuses Dante with Pope Boniface Three Beasts Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf Alexander the Great conqueror most of known world, circle 7- round 1 Antaeus Titan who didn't fight against God. 9th circle guardian Archbishop Ruggieri treachery against country- Antenora Bocca de Abbati cut off the pole- barrier's hand, Dante kicked him in the head. Antenora Branca D'ORIA INVITED FATHER-IN LAW TO DINNER AND HACKED HIM TO pieces. Ptolomea Brunetto Latino friend of Dante's, homosexual, circle 7, round 3 Brutus in devil's mouth, in Guidecca, he went and killed Caesar Caiaphas hypocrite, crucified to ground, convinced to go after Jesus Cassius Guidecca, conspired with Brutus, in Satan's mouth Ciacco circle 3, he was from Florence, says that whites were going to beat blacks and blacks beat white Count Ugolino conspired against his country Antenora Dido Queen of Carthage, committed suicide for love. Queen of Carthage Farinta sat up half way out of his coffin, explains that sinners can see future but not present. circle six Filippo Argenti wrathful, Dante's political rival, circle 5 Frederick 2 in the heretics, roman emperor, executed persons found guilty of treason Friar Alebergio insulted by his bro, waited 1 year, gruit course, killed him, Ptolomea Guido Schicci c8b10- falsifiers-impersonator Guido de Montefeltro c8b8 evil counselor, advisor to boniface the 8, false amnesty Master Adam counterfeiter, forged his Florenians, c8b10 Michel Zanche c8b5 with the rafters, minor religious post, married queen Mosca dei Lamberti saver of discard, responsible for kicking off feud Old Man of Crete stature c7b3 symbol of how world has deteriotated, tears flowing Ulysses and Diomede c8b8, evil counselors Nessus half man and half horse carries him to bolgias Phyleges the boatman of Styx Rebellious angels at Circle 7, dys, vestibule