A Guide Through the Circles of Hell
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Guardians/Sinners
GUARDIANS
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VESTIBULE: Charon the Ferryman- Takes people aboard his boat and takes them across the Acheron River.
LIMBO: There are no guardians for Circle 1.
CIRCLE 2: King Minos- Judge of the the underworld. His tail coils as many times as what circle you are assigned to.
CIRCLE 3: Cerberus- He is an image of gluttony just like all of the sinners and a Hellish distortion of the Holy Trinity.
CIRCLE 4: Plutus is the god of wealth and was greedy as well to fit in here as the guardian of the 4th Circle.
CIRCLE 5: Phelgyas is the boatsman to cross the River Styx. He is an image of rage as he is the son of Mars.
SINNERS
VESTIBULE: Pontious Pilate- "The Coward Who Made The Great Refusal".
LIMBO: Socrates- One of the great poets in Circle 1.
CIRCLE 2: Paolo and Francesca- Had a secret love, so are locked in an eternal embrace in Circle 2.
CIRCLE 3: Ciacco "The Hog" He is an image of excess in Circle 3.
CIRCLE 4: None of sinners are named but many of them are priests, popes, and cardinals.
CIRCLE 5: Filippo Argenti- Tried to climb aboard Dante and Virgil's boat when they crossed the River Styx.