| A | B |
|---|
| Leopard | fraud and malice |
| Lion | Violence and ambition |
| She wolf | incontinence |
| Virgin Mary | compassion |
| Saint Lucia | Divine Light |
| Rachel | Contemplative life |
| Acheron | first river of hell |
| Charon | ferryman takes sinners to hell |
| Virtuous pagans | they stay in Limbo |
| Great Poets who are in Limbo | Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid, & Lucan |
| Virgil | Dante's guide through hell |
| Circle Two | The Lustful |
| Circle Three | The Gluttonous |
| Cerberus | Three headed dog in Circle 3 |
| Ciacco the Hog | citizen of Florence who Dante sees in Circle 3 |
| Circle Four | The Hoarders & Wasters |
| Gluttons | wallow in food & drink |
| Hoarders | lack all moderation |
| Phlegyas | boatman for the River Styx |
| Fillippo Argenti | tries to attack Dante in Circle 5 |
| Rebellious Angels | they sinned by not taking sides |
| Circle Six | The Heretics |
| Three Infernal Furies | women with snakes in their hair outside the Gates of Dis |
| Heavenly Messenger | throws open the Gates of Dis |
| Francesca & Paolo | Dante weeps when he sees them in Circle Two |
| Circle 7-1 | Violence against others ex. Alaexander the Great |
| Circle 7-2 | Violence Against Self |
| Suicides | Are encased in thorny trees |
| Styx River | river of boiling blood |
| City of Dis | Dante & Virgil are denied entrance |
| Lucifer | he has 3 heads and bat-like wings |
| Judas Iscariot, Brutus, & Cassius | the 3 traitors Lucifer held in his mouths |
| Malebolge | the Evil Ditches |
| Cocytus | the Ninth Circle |
| Caina 9-1 | Treacherolus to Kin |
| Antenora 9-2 | Treacherous to Country |
| Ptolomea | Treacherous to Guests and Hosts |
| Judecca | The Treacherous to their Masters |
