Inferno VIII – Crossing the Styx – indrasmusings

In Canto VIII of Inferno Dante and Virgil are ferried by the boatsman Phlegyas across the river Styx. The pilgrim and his guide are now in the fifth circle of hell where the wrathful reside. And indeed, it does not take long before the travelers get into a violent argument with the shade of the…

Dante's Inferno Canto VIII and IX – Sharon's Scrapbook

6 What event occurs in Canto VIII that stalls Dantes journey through Hell a The

Dante's Inferno Canto VIII and IX – Sharon's Scrapbook

6 What event occurs in Canto VIII that stalls Dantes journey through Hell a The

Dante's Inferno Canto VIII and IX – Sharon's Scrapbook

Dante Divina Commedia - Hell - fifth circle - Phlegyas ferries Dante and Virgil across the Styx, among the damned of the swamp - Canto VIII - illustration by Gustave Dorè Stock Photo - Alamy

by Gustave after Dore

Inferno, Canto 8 : The soul of the Florentine Philippo Argenti (Filippo Argenti) accosts the poets on the Styx, illustration from The Divine Comedy by

Greatest VGM 2140: Crossing the Styx (Dante's Inferno)

by Gustave after Dore

Inferno, Canto 28 : Mutilated sowers of discord in the ninth bolgia, illustration from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1885 (digitally coloured

Dante's Inferno Canto VIII and IX – Sharon's Scrapbook