Inferno / Hell

"Tell me, Dante; you've traveled through the hell. Your work is immortal, and your verses still resound where I never went, in the darkest recesses of the underworld. The damned souls still find relief in the elegance of your poem, and at the same time further scourge by its impetus. What made you take this journey, as the only among mortals?"

"Only one thing can give you the will and courage to go through hell: love. I had to prove to be worthy of Beatrice and see her again in celestial place, where adverse fate prevented me from seeing her on earth. My wise and patient guide, Virgil, turned my mind to the pain that tormented the damned, explaining me their graveness. At the same time he strengthened my will to proceed, when it seemed blunt from too much affliction".

"I guided you as far as it was allowed for me to go. Now that you no longer dwell among the living souls, I hope to meet you in a more agreeable place, to speak about things to bring delight to the soul, not torment".

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