As one of the Classics, the “Divine Comedy” can be read on many levels. In this epic poem, author Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) takes us on an unforgettable journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. Along the way, we meet countless souls, many of whom are historical figures from the ancient world, such as Vergil, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Cato, as well as mythological characters like Chiron, Ulysses, Pluto, Charon, and Nisus.
How does Dante adopt and adapt these figures into this extraordinary poem? What is his view of the ancient world? How did it affect his vision of the medieval world? And how does it form our own vision of both the ancient and medieval worlds?
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