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Dante's Inferno. Tyler Anders. Canto 8. November 20, 2007. Summary. Dante and Virgil meet Phlegyas, and he brings them across Styx They pass over and through the sinners of wrath and sullenness They arrive at the city of Dis, the capital city of hell
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Dante's Inferno Tyler Anders Canto 8 November 20, 2007
Summary • Dante and Virgil meet Phlegyas, and he brings them across Styx • They pass over and through the sinners of wrath and sullenness • They arrive at the city of Dis, the capital city of hell • Virgil has a confrontation with the fallen angels at the gates of DIS
New Faces • Phlegyas: The mariner on the Styx who comes for Dante and Virgil • Filippo Argenti: Florentine resident; had differed politically with Dante • Fallen Angels: Angels that literally rained down from heaven • Three Furies, and Medusa: Medusa was one of three sisters known as the Gorgons, so frightening any one who looked at her turned to stone
Sinners • Dante and Virgil are crossing the river Styx and are encountered with two types of the same sinners • Wrath: Anger that is expressed, they fight each other on the surface of the river • Sullenness: Anger which is repressed they struggle below the waters
Scenery • The 8th canto takes us into the 5th circle of hell • Wide open spaces as we cross the river Styx • Dis the capital city of hell approaches and Phelygas takes us across