Dante Alighieri: Selected Works
Dante Alighieri
Bible Study
Chapters 102
- Table of Contents ≈ 12 min
- Chapter 1 The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion, and the Wolf. Virgil. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 2 The Descent. Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. The Intercession of the Three Ladies Benedight. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 3 The Gate of Hell. The Inefficient or Indifferent. Pope Celestine V. The Shores of Acheron. Charon. The Earthqu ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 4 The First Circle, Limbo: Virtuous Pagans and the Unbaptized. The Four Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. T ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 5 The Second Circle: The Wanton. Minos. The Infernal Hurricane. Francesca da Rimini. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 6 The Third Circle: The Gluttonous. Cerberus. The Eternal Rain. Ciacco. Florence. ≈ 7 min
- Chapter 7 The Fourth Circle: The Avaricious and the Prodigal. Plutus. Fortune and her Wheel. The Fifth Circle: The Irasc ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 8 Phlegyas. Philippo Argenti. The Gate of the City of Dis. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 9 The Furies and Medusa. The Angel. The City of Dis. The Sixth Circle: Heresiarchs. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 10 Farinata and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti. Discourse on the Knowledge of the Damned. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 11 The Broken Rocks. Pope Anastasius. General Description of the Inferno and its Divisions. ≈ 7 min
- Chapter 12 The Minotaur. The Seventh Circle: The Violent. The River Phlegethon. The Violent against their Neighbours. Th ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 13 The Wood of Thorns. The Harpies. The Violent against themselves. Suicides. Pier della Vigna. Lano and Jacopo ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 14 The Sand Waste and the Rain of Fire. The Violent against God. Capaneus. The Statue of Time, and the Four Infe ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 15 The Violent against Nature. Brunetto Latini. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 16 Guidoguerra, Aldobrandi, and Rusticucci. Cataract of the River of Blood. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 17 Geryon. The Violent against Art. Usurers. Descent into the Abyss of Malebolge. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 18 The Eighth Circle, Malebolge: The Fraudulent and the Malicious. The First Bolgia: Seducers and Panders. Vened ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 19 The Third Bolgia: Simoniacs. Pope Nicholas III. Dante's Reproof of corrupt Prelates. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 20 The Fourth Bolgia: Soothsayers. Amphiaraus, Tiresias, Aruns, Manto, Eryphylus, Michael Scott, Guido Bonatti, ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 21 The Fifth Bolgia: Peculators. The Elder of Santa Zita. Malacoda and other Devils. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 22 Ciampolo, Friar Gomita, and Michael Zanche. The Malabranche quarrel. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 23 Escape from the Malabranche. The Sixth Bolgia: Hypocrites. Catalano and Loderingo. Caiaphas. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 24 The Seventh Bolgia: Thieves. Vanni Fucci. Serpents. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 25 Vanni Fucci's Punishment. Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso degh Abati, Puccio Sciancato, Cianfa de' Donati, and G ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 26 The Eighth Bolgia: Evil Counsellors. Ulysses and Diomed. Ulysses' Last Voyage. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 27 Guido da Montefeltro. His deception by Pope Boniface VIII. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 28 The Ninth Bolgia: Schismatics. Mahomet and Ali. Pier da Medicina, Curio, Mosca, and Bertrand de Born. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 29 Geri del Bello. The Tenth Bolgia: Alchemists. Griffolino d' Arezzo and Capocchino. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 30 Other Falsifiers or Forgers. Gianni Schicchi, Myrrha, Adam of Brescia, Potiphar's Wife, and Sinon of Troy. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 31 The Giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Antaeus. Descent to Cocytus. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 32 The Ninth Circle: Traitors. The Frozen Lake of Cocytus. First Division, Caina: Traitors to their Kindred. Cam ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 33 Count Ugolino and the Archbishop Ruggieri. The Death of Count Ugolino's Sons. Third Division of the Ninth Cir ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 34 Fourth Division of the Ninth Circle, the Judecca: Traitors to their Lords and Benefactors. Lucifer, Judas Isc ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 1 The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 2 The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 3 Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain. Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church. Manfr ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 4 Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain. The Negligent, who postponed Repentance till the last Hour. Belacqua. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 5 Those who died by Violence, but repentant. Buonconte di Monfeltro. La Pia. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 6 Dante's Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead. Sordello. Italy. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 7 The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 8 The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura. The Three Stars. Currado Malaspina. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 9 Dante's Dream of the Eagle. The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel. Seven P's. The Keys. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 10 The Needle's Eye. The First Circle: The Proud. The Sculptures on the Wall. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 11 The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore. Oderisi d' Agobbio. Provenzan Salvani. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 12 The Sculptures on the Pavement. Ascent to the Second Circle. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 13 The Second Circle: The Envious. Sapia of Siena. ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 14 Guido del Duca and Renier da Calboli. Cities of the Arno Valley. Denunciation of Stubbornness. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 15 The Third Circle: The Irascible. Dante's Visions. The Smoke. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 16 Marco Lombardo. Lament over the State of the World. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 17 Dante's Dream of Anger. The Fourth Circle: The Slothful. Virgil's Discourse of Love. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 18 Virgil further discourses of Love and Free Will. The Abbot of San Zeno. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 19 Dante's Dream of the Siren. The Fifth Circle: The Avaricious and Prodigal. Pope Adrian V. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 20 Hugh Capet. Corruption of the French Crown. Prophecy of the Abduction of Pope Boniface VIII and the Sacrilege ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 21 The Poet Statius. Praise of Virgil. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 22 Statius' Denunciation of Avarice. The Sixth Circle: The Gluttonous. The Mystic Tree. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 23 Forese. Reproof of immodest Florentine Women. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 24 Buonagiunta da Lucca. Pope Martin IV, and others. Inquiry into the State of Poetry. ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 25 Discourse of Statius on Generation. The Seventh Circle: The Wanton. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 26 Sodomites. Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello. ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 27 The Wall of Fire and the Angel of God. Dante's Sleep upon the Stairway, and his Dream of Leah and Rachel. Arr ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 28 The River Lethe. Matilda. The Nature of the Terrestrial Paradise. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 29 The Triumph of the Church. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 30 Virgil's Departure. Beatrice. Dante's Shame. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 31 Reproaches of Beatrice and Confession of Dante. The Passage of Lethe. The Seven Virtues. The Griffon. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 32 The Tree of Knowledge. Allegory of the Chariot. ≈ 10 min
- Chapter 33 Lament over the State of the Church. Final Reproaches of Beatrice. The River Eunoe. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 1 The Ascent to the First Heaven. The Sphere of Fire. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 2 The First Heaven, the Moon: Spirits who, having taken Sacred Vows, were forced to violate them. The Lunar Spot ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 3 Piccarda Donati and the Empress Constance. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 4 Questionings of the Soul and of Broken Vows. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 5 Discourse of Beatrice on Vows and Compensations. Ascent to the Second Heaven, Mercury: Spirits who for the Lov ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 6 Justinian. The Roman Eagle. The Empire. Romeo. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 7 Beatrice's Discourse of the Crucifixion, the Incarnation, the Immortality of the Soul, and the Resurrection of ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 8 Ascent to the Third Heaven, Venus: Lovers. Charles Martel. Discourse on diverse Natures. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 9 Cunizza da Romano, Folco of Marseilles, and Rahab. Neglect of the Holy Land. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 10 The Fourth Heaven, the Sun: Theologians and Fathers of the Church. The First Circle. St. Thomas of Aquinas. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 11 St. Thomas recounts the Life of St. Francis. Lament over the State of the Dominican Order. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 12 St. Buonaventura recounts the Life of St. Dominic. Lament over the State of the Franciscan Order. The Second ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 13 Of the Wisdom of Solomon. St. Thomas reproaches Dante's Judgement. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 14 The Third Circle. Discourse on the Resurrection of the Flesh. The Fifth Heaven, Mars: Martyrs and Crusaders w ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 15 Cacciaguida. Florence in the Olden Time. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 16 Dante's Noble Ancestry. Cacciaguida's Discourse of the Great Florentines. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 17 Cacciaguida's Prophecy of Dante's Banishment. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 18 The Sixth Heaven, Jupiter: Righteous Kings and Rulers. The Celestial Eagle. Dante's Invectives against eccles ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 19 The Eagle discourses of Salvation, Faith, and Virtue. Condemnation of the vile Kings of A.D. 1300. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 20 The Eagle praises the Righteous Kings of old. Benevolence of the Divine Will. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 21 The Seventh Heaven, Saturn: The Contemplative. The Celestial Stairway. St. Peter Damiano. His Invectives agai ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 22 St. Benedict. His Lamentation over the Corruption of Monks. The Eighth Heaven, the Fixed Stars. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 23 The Triumph of Christ. The Virgin Mary. The Apostles. Gabriel. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 24 The Radiant Wheel. St. Peter examines Dante on Faith. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 25 The Laurel Crown. St. James examines Dante on Hope. Dante's Blindness. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 26 St. John examines Dante on Charity. Dante's Sight. Adam. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 27 St. Peter's reproof of bad Popes. The Ascent to the Ninth Heaven, the 'Primum Mobile.' ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 28 God and the Angelic Hierarchies. ≈ 8 min
- Chapter 29 Beatrice's Discourse of the Creation of the Angels, and of the Fall of Lucifer. Her Reproof of Foolish and Av ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 30 The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean. The River of Light. The Two Courts of Heaven. The White Rose of Paradise. The ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 31 The Glory of Paradise. Departure of Beatrice. St. Bernard. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 32 St. Bernard points out the Saints in the White Rose. ≈ 9 min
- Chapter 33 Prayer to the Virgin. The Threefold Circle of the Trinity. Mystery of the Divine and Human Nature. ≈ 9 min
- Section 102 ≈ 41 min
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
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| Language | English |
| Era | Medieval |
| Categories | Bible Study |
| Length | 102 chapters · ≈ 15 h 28 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |







