THE DIVINE COMEDY

OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
(1265-1321)

TRANSLATED BY
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
(1807-1882)

CANTICLE I: INFERNO

CREDITS

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Dennis McCarthy, July 1997

Inferno

1. The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion, and the Wolf. Virgil.
2. The Descent. Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. The Intercession of the Three Ladies Benedight.
3. The Gate of Hell. The Inefficient or Indifferent. Pope Celestine V. The Shores of Acheron. Charon. The Earthquake and the Swoon.
4. The First Circle, Limbo: Virtuous Pagans and the Unbaptized. The Four Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The Noble Castle of Philosophy.
5. The Second Circle: The Wanton. Minos. The Infernal Hurricane. Francesca da Rimini.
6. The Third Circle: The Gluttonous. Cerberus. The Eternal Rain. Ciacco. Florence.
7. The Fourth Circle: The Avaricious and the Prodigal. Plutus. Fortune and her Wheel. The Fifth Circle: The Irascible and the Sullen. Styx.
8. Phlegyas. Philippo Argenti. The Gate of the City of Dis.