The poets find themselves at Circle 8 with its ten “Malebolges” (meaning evil ditches or pockets or chasms), a cavern of stone with ten Bowges (trenches) dug into the rock in which the sinners of different natures reside.
they go from moat to moat looking at different popes and priests and what they did to deserve to be put in the trenches.
they are escorted by a few demons to the next circle.
In the circle of the Hypocrites, Dante is again recognized as being alive, this time because his throat moves as he talks.
This circle deals with the Hypocrites.
For their punishment, they are forced to wear coats that are glittery on the outside, but lined with lead on the inside , forcing them to bend over and struggle to move. This punishment fits the sin since they glitter on the outside but are so weighted down that there is no chance of spiritual progression.
ive noticed that alot…alot…ALOT of people recognize dante in hell.
is that good or bad?
there are alot of people from florence. that must be a horrible place to be if all of its citizens reside in hell.
later they meet up with ulysses & diomede.
they were behind the ambush of the trojan horse, & the downfall of athena’s palace.
wow. dante is meeting people that were crucial to the history of man.
saddly, they are all in hell.
inventors, scholars, kings, popes, you name it, its there.
