Monthly Archives: December 2017

https://pixabay.com/en/addict-addiction-ashtray-bad-burnt-84430/ *** FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE *** Forbidden knowledge Knowledge of all human vices Experience, too *** NOTE: Ulysses wanted to know and experience all human virtues and all human vices. Pursuit of the knowledge and experience of all human virtues is … Continue reading →

https://pixabay.com/en/baby-feet-father-mother-2717347/ *** PIETAS *** Respect for one’s wife Respect for one’s old father Respect for one’s son *** NOTE: Pietas is a Roman virtue that consists of duty and respect. A virtuous person does his duty to and shows respect … Continue reading →

https://pixabay.com/en/fire-carbon-charcoal-hot-embers-2204171/ *** Two sinners punished Together in burning flames Forever angry *** NOTE: Ulysses and Diomedes misused their great talents during the Trojan War, and they are punished together in one burning flame. They are forever angry at each other … Continue reading →

Source: wikicommons (public domain) *** ULYSSES *** Evil deceiver Invented the Trojan horse Women, children died *** NOTE: One of the evil advisors punished in the eighth bolgia of Circle 8 is Ulysses, who came up with the idea of … Continue reading →

Engraver: Auguste Doré *** Evil advisors They used talent for evil Dante has talent *** NOTE: In the eighth bolgia of Circle 8, the evil advisors are punished by being enclosed in a flame. These sinners had talent, but they … Continue reading →

https://pixabay.com/en/present-gift-box-gold-ribbon-2912709/ *** UNCERTAINTY *** Do you own this thing? Maybe yes, maybe no. Thieves Make that uncertain *** NOTE: Thieves create uncertainty, and in the Inferno, they experience uncertainty. They are constantly bitten, but they never know what will happen … Continue reading →