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| Stages of Hell | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 2 2006, 07:16 PM (218 Views) | |
| Athiestica | Jun 2 2006, 07:16 PM Post #1 |
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What are the stages of hell and who wrote them? I know I saw someone here talk about them but I forget who and in what topic. Please reply cause it is killing me not knowing right now. |
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| Pidgeon Island | Jun 2 2006, 07:32 PM Post #2 |
Not so stale.
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Dantes inferno, there are 7 or 8 stages, first one is Limbo, that's all I know. |
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| Calculators | Jun 2 2006, 07:40 PM Post #3 |
How very dare you
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and they are all quite bad as far as i can gather |
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| Pidgeon Island | Jun 2 2006, 07:46 PM Post #4 |
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Not so stale.
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http://www.ccel.org/d/dante/inferno/infer02.htm is the translated text. It's like Shakespeare, extremely hard to understand but once you do it's very interesting. and it's U-ropas "what will you be doing on 06/06/06" topic you'll find it mentioned. |
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| Lower Bowmania | Jun 2 2006, 10:08 PM Post #5 |
Simply ravishing...
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In short, these are the circles of hell according to Dante: 0. Vestibule--neither good nor bad people, perpetually tormented by bees and wasps 1. Limbo--virtuous pagans and unbaptised...good people who never accepted Christ (Horace and Homer for example) 2. The Carnal--Those overcome by lust are blown around in a storm 3. The Gluttonous--trapped in mud and constantly subject to rain and hail 4. The Hoarders--can't remember their punishment 5. The Wrathful--trapped in the River Styx The City of Dis--from here on, the lower levels of hell are contained within Dis. Everything before this are considered passive sins. The "active" sins are considered worse and are contained in the lower levels...once you cross the River Styx and through the gates of Dis, you enter to lower levels. 6. The Heretics--trapped in tombs that are set ablaze 7. The Violent--this circle is divided into 3 seperate rings: Outer Ring: Those violent against people and property are in a river of boiling blood Center Ring: Suicides Inner Ring: Blashphemers, Sodomites and Usurers are trapped in a flaming desert with fire raining down. Blashphemers sit in the sand, usurers lie, and sodomites wander 8. The Fraudulent and Trecherous--divided into 10 "ditches" 1st--panderers and seducers are whipped by demons 2nd--flatterers are steeped in human waste 3rd--Simonists (paying for power) are head first in holes with flames burning their feet 4th--Sorcerers/False Prophets--heads put on their body backwards 5th--Barrators (corrupt politicians) immersed in boiling pitch/tar 6th--Hypocrites wear cloaks of lead 7th--Thieves are chased by snakes (kind of cool..when bitten, the theif turns into a snake himself to start chasing other theives) 8th--Fraudulent advisors and counselors are trapped in flames 9th--Sowers of Discord are constantly ripped apart, mended, ripped apart, mended, etc. 10th--Falisfiers (including liars, impersonators, alchemists, etc) all stricken with various diseases 9. The Traitors--this is broken up into four separate sections. This level is on a giant, frozen lake known as Cocytus 1st--Traitors to their kindred/family 2nd--Traitors of political entities (traitors to their army, country, party, etc) 3rd--Traitors to their Guests and Wards 4th--Traitors to their Lords and Benefactors Satan himself is stuck, frozen waste deep in ice in the fourth section (the worse part of hell). He has 3 heads, and each head is gnawing on a famous traitor from section 4. The two side heads are chewing on Cassius and Brutus who betrayed Julius Ceasar...not surprisingly, the center head is gnawing on Judas Iscariot for his betrayal of Christ. |
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| VincentDantes | Jun 3 2006, 03:06 AM Post #6 |
Independant by Cynicism
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...the one about corrupt politicians...they deserver worse. Oh umm what about people who have killed, lied, cheated, stealed, are corrupted politicians or advisors, betrayed and backstabbed everyone they've ever known. Do they get a 1000 years per level for each of those sins? and then cycle through eternity like that. Or...what? |
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| Lower Bowmania | Jun 3 2006, 03:54 AM Post #7 |
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I believe Dante's premise is that once you pass through the Vestibule and into Limbo you are judged (can't remember who the judge is)...whatever your worst sins are (lowest level of hell) is where you spend eternity. |
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| Lower Bowmania | Jun 3 2006, 04:01 AM Post #8 |
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Simply ravishing...
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looked it up quickly: You are judged in "limbo" my Minos child of Zeus and Europa and Legendary King of Crete (Greek Mythology). Also, the sins are ordered in terms of severity according to the Aristotelian concept of vices. Aristotle considered inability to control one's self rather mild (gluttony, moral weakness, lust--basically the first 6 circles) violent acts worse (The 7th circle) and the conscious decisions to act fraudulent or with treachery the worst type of vice (circles 8 and 9). This is really one of my favorite pieces of literature...sorry if I'm boring anyone by droning on and on...I could literally go for hours. |
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| Plaerah Blerrt | Jun 3 2006, 06:22 AM Post #9 |
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So basically... if you're going to go to hell, be either a sorcerer/false prophet, or a thief. Awesome! |
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| Joe Bobs | Jun 3 2006, 02:34 PM Post #10 |
GRADF High General | FRA Arch Chancellor
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My I recommend Ciaran Carson's translaion of Dante's Inferno. It's the best translation I've read. It was a better read than the 'Everyman' version. And well done for that list LB! It's nice to see another Dante fan! Dante takes the Bible vey literally, hence why nearly everyone ends up in Hell. Similar to hoe South Park see it. What I think is great, is that whilst your sat in Limbo, waiting for Minos to decide where you go, your eyes drip venomous blood and maggots eat your feet, and that's before they even know how bad you were! The punishments get worse as you go down. The Lustful get the worst deal as far as I can see, as they are viciously raped by the air and the water, whilst flecks of fire rain down on them (as they do everywhere after level 6, The City of Dis). Occasionally one is raped so violently they are ripped apart and their limbs fly everywhere. Dante was one sick SOB. 
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| U-ropa | Jun 6 2006, 04:39 PM Post #11 |
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So true! I like the northern-irish twang to the Cantos |
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| Golgoroth | Jun 7 2006, 10:41 PM Post #12 |
Do not put a question mark where God put an exclamation point.
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I'm considering buying a copy of The Divine Comedy/Inferno, it looks great. |
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| Calculators | Jun 7 2006, 10:43 PM Post #13 |
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How very dare you
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i agree with you Gol |
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| Golgoroth | Jun 10 2006, 02:11 PM Post #14 |
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Do not put a question mark where God put an exclamation point.
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bought myself a copy of The Divine Comedy yesterday, I'm on Canto X of Inferno =D |
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| Calculators | Jun 10 2006, 02:28 PM Post #15 |
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How very dare you
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went DVD shopping and i have no money to buy the book now and i dont have a library card/can't be bothered getting one
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| ParrrrTay | Jun 10 2006, 10:29 PM Post #16 |
Simply Bubblicious!
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Dante's Inferno Test: What level of HELL do you belong in?
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| Verusea | Jun 10 2006, 11:20 PM Post #17 |
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I made Purgatory! whew! |
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| Love and Honour | Jun 11 2006, 12:01 AM Post #18 |
Yes Sir; No Sir: 3 Bags Full Sir
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See you there ParrrrTay |
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| Golgoroth | Jun 11 2006, 01:40 AM Post #19 |
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Do not put a question mark where God put an exclamation point.
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w00t, I made purgatory? |
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| Athiestica | Jun 11 2006, 02:38 AM Post #20 |
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i made the sixith also |
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