Nine Lines of Hell
This year we are celebrating the 750th anniversary of birth of Dante Alighieri, famous Italian poet, known for his epic poem "Divina Commedia".
This is my contribution to the masterpiece. Pictograms are depicting nine circles of Hell that are described in Inferno.
This is my contribution to the masterpiece. Pictograms are depicting nine circles of Hell that are described in Inferno.
Thank you Dante.
In LIMBO reside the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans, who, though not sinful, did not accept Christ.
In the second circle of Hell are those overcome by LUST. They are the first ones to be truly punished in Hell.
The GLUTTONS lie here sightless and heedless of their neighbors, symbolizing the cold, selfish, and empty sensuality of their lives.
Those whose attitude toward material goods deviated from the appropriate mean are punished in the circle of GREED.
In the swampy waters of the river Styx, the WRATHFUL fight each other on the surface, and the sullen lie gurgling beneath the water, withdrawn "into a black sulkiness which can find no joy in God or man or the universe".
In the sixth circle, HERETICS, such as Epicureans (who say "the soul dies with the body") are trapped in flaming tombs.
The seventh circle houses the VIOLENT. Its entry is guarded by the Minotaur and it is divided into three rings: Outer, Middle and Inner ring.
The FRAUDULENT – those guilty of deliberate, knowing evil – are located in the eight circle.
The ninth and last circle is ringed by classical and Biblical giants, who perhaps symbolize pride and other spiritual flaws lying behind acts of TREACHERY..
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