Dis

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Dis is the fortified infernal city in Dante Alighieri’s "Inferno," marking the deeper, more grievous circles of Hell.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional city
location in literature
place in the afterlife
accessedBy crossing the Styx
appearsIn Divine Comedy NERFINISHED
Inferno NERFINISHED
associatedWith fraud
heresy
treachery
violence
contains Eighth Circle of Hell NERFINISHED
Ninth Circle of Hell NERFINISHED
Seventh Circle of Hell NERFINISHED
Sixth Circle of Hell
creator Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
describedAs fortified city
infernal city
enteredInCanto Inferno Canto VIII NERFINISHED
etymologyRelatedTo Roman god Dis Pater NERFINISHED
featuredInCanto Inferno Canto IX NERFINISHED
Inferno Canto VIII NERFINISHED
guardedBy Furies NERFINISHED
Medusa NERFINISHED
fallen angels
hasDefensiveStructure gates
ramparts
towers
hasFeature moat of the Styx
walls of iron
hasMedium epic poetry
inhabitedBy heretics in fiery tombs
sinners guilty of violence, fraud, and treachery
inspiredBy classical underworld traditions
languageOfWork Italian
literaryTradition medieval Christian allegory
locatedIn Hell NERFINISHED
locatedInWork Inferno NERFINISHED
marksBoundaryBetween circles five and six of Hell
narrativeFunction transition from sins of incontinence to sins of malice
opposedBy heavenly messenger
partOf Dante’s cosmology of the afterlife
roleInWork divides upper Hell from lower Hell
marks the beginning of the lower circles of Hell
symbolizes more grievous sins
obstinate rejection of divine truth
visitedBy Dante (character) NERFINISHED
Virgil (character) NERFINISHED
workComposedIn early 14th century

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