#DANTE ALIGHIERI

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Since everyone always talk about Virgil's REAL appearance, I'll say the one that seems the most ACCURATE since we'll never know what he really looked like physically. Regardless of the Comedy, he's ALWAYS represented with a face that is neither too masculine nor too delicate, hair not too long, up to the shoulders, with dirty blonde curls. High height, with a body neither too robust nor very thin, just right, since in the past he lived in the fields, so it's likely that he devoted himself to rural activities. I think he would have had a slightly curved posture, I don't mean excessively but we all know why LMFAO. Something that is very talked about is his skin and his hair. He could have had a white, olive or black skin, with automatically darker hair. Regarding his behavior, he was a humble, wise, insecure, anxious and shy man. He didn't care about relationships, since he was always busy with his work. He probably had some crushes in his youth? Most likely he had social anxiety, as he HATED public and crowded situations, completely running away when he was recognized in Rome. Although he glorified Rome, he preferred Naples, in its simplicity and quietness. He was very fussy and anxious, due to his insecurity about his works not being perfect and good enough. Most likely because of the expectations of others? (like Augustus'), EVEN wanting to burn his WORK. The fact that he was very solitary probably did not make him a patient type in social contexts, still, he was very humble and very open-minded for his time. For example, Augustus wanted to give him the goods of an exiled type, he refused.

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The difference in how people draw Vergil depending on whether they know him from the Divine Comedy or from his poetry will never fail to amuse me

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Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850) William Bouguereau

[eliseliedl]

New AstralShift game (Little Goody Two Shoes, Pocket Mirror) HELL MAIDEN (2025)

[derangedfujoshi]

Concepts of Dante and Beatrice made by the art lead and creative director Kirariinn over on twt on Jan 2024 and May 2024 respectively.

As of yesterday the Dante design has been confirmed and published by the official twt account of the game

whilst we only have the silhouette of Beatrice from the teaser so we can't say for sure if the design has undergone any changes (although it doesn't look like it)!

Regardless, these look so cool! Remember to stay updated on the game through official channels and throw some love to the artists working on this new amazing project✧⁠��⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

[etruski]

Throwback to when I put my name as Dante Alighieri on Academia.edu and received this email

[msue0027]

Ah yes, my favourite Bible fanfics, in no particular order

"Paradise Lost", John Milton

"Divine Comedy", Dante Alighieri

"Good Omens", Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

[oscarisaacasimov]

Hozier's Hymn to Virgil

“There’s points where Virgil picks Dante up and carries him over certain places, and puts him on the back of beasts who fly him over ravines and all of this fantastical stuff. He holds this guy when he faints and trembles and weeps,” Hozier said. “Dante the living human in this poem is, like, horrified. And then he arrives at the end of it, and Virgil says, ‘Well, I can go no further.’ And Dante, the writer, knows on some level that Virgil is not a man who deserves to be in hell.”

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Dante's Inferno - art by Gustave Doré (1861)

[jstor]

Harald Slott-Møller. Paolo and Francesca. 1905. Oil on panel, 1760 x 910 mm. Statens Museum for Kunst.

[lillithdeluna]

In Praise of the Stygian. A cold breath runs down the back of my neck. I turn, yet I am only faced with darkness. A faint whisper beckons me forward. "Come to the dark," it says, "Join us." Do I move closer?

[carmillathevampire]

When you're studying for a literature exam and you only have one night

[lionofchaeronea]

Dante Running from the Three Beasts, William Blake, between 1824 and 1827

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[eirene]

Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell, 1861

Gustave Doré

[kusurrone]

[bubblyernie]

I've been meaning to draw this for, I'm not even kidding, YEARS. Giving into my deepest demons, I've got an unhealthy obsession for Inferno and I just think it would be very in character and plot-relevant for Zag and Dante to just run into each other LOL

Ack, I forgor to tag all my hades mockups ^^; here's others if yall are curious: (...iliad/myth oc linked here) (linked here) (and here) (one more) (oops one more sorry)

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