The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

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19 Episodes

  1. 01 Inferno: Canto I – Canto V

    Published: 1/2/2024

  2. 02 Inferno: Canto VI – Canto X

    Published: 1/1/2024

  3. 03 Inferno: Canto XI – Canto XV

    Published: 12/31/2023

  4. 04 Inferno: Canto XVI – Canto XX

    Published: 12/30/2023

  5. 05 Inferno: Canto XXI – Canto XXV

    Published: 12/29/2023

  6. 06 Inferno: Canto XXVI – Canto XXX

    Published: 12/28/2023

  7. 07 Inferno: Canto XXXI – Canto XXXIV

    Published: 12/27/2023

  8. 08 Purgatory: Canto I – Canto V

    Published: 12/26/2023

  9. 09 Purgatory: Canto VI – Canto XI

    Published: 12/25/2023

  10. 10 Purgatory: Canto XII – Canto XVI

    Published: 12/24/2023

  11. 11 Purgatory: Canto XVII – Canto XXI

    Published: 12/23/2023

  12. 12 Purgatory: Canto XXII – Canto XXVII

    Published: 12/22/2023

  13. 13 Purgatory: Canto XXVIII – Canto XXXIII

    Published: 12/21/2023

  14. 14 Paradise: Canto I – Canto V

    Published: 12/20/2023

  15. 15 Paradise: Canto VI – Canto XI

    Published: 12/19/2023

  16. 16 Paradise: Canto XII – Canto XVI

    Published: 12/18/2023

  17. 17 Paradise: Canto XVII – Canto XXI

    Published: 12/17/2023

  18. 18 Paradise: Canto XXII – Canto XXVII

    Published: 12/16/2023

  19. 19 Paradise: Canto XXVIII – Canto XXXIII

    Published: 12/15/2023

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The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.