Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Artist: Gustave Doré

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Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), Virgil accompanies Dante through Purgatory and Inferno. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy).

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