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>>17627518
fugg is Nietzsche the Satan from Inferno?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%27s_Satan

>>15908926
I like how the final level of hell is ice.

>>14771509
cringe. Dante has had the best depiction of Satan and nobody else comes close.
>In Dante's Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three faces and a pair of bat-like wings affixed under each chin. As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind that continues to freeze the ice surrounding him and the other sinners in the Ninth Circle. The winds he creates are felt throughout the other circles of Hell. In his three mouths, he chews on Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. Scholars consider Satan to be "a once splendid being (the most perfect of God's creatures) from whom all personality has now drained away". Satan, also known as Lucifer, was formerly the Angel of Light and once tried to usurp the power of God. As punishment, God banished Satan out of Heaven to an eternity in Hell as the ultimate sinner. Dante illustrates a less powerful Satan than most standard depictions; he is slobbering, wordless, and receives the same punishments in Hell as the rest of the sinners.

In Dante's Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three faces and a pair of bat-like wings affixed under each chin. As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind that continues to freeze the ice surrounding him and the other sinners in the Ninth Circle. The winds he creates are felt throughout the other circles of Hell. In his three mouths, he chews on Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. Scholars consider Satan to be "a once splendid being (the most perfect of God's creatures) from whom all personality has now drained away". Satan, also known as Lucifer, was formerly the Angel of Light and once tried to usurp the power of God. As punishment, God banished Satan out of Heaven to an eternity in Hell as the ultimate sinner. Dante illustrates a less powerful Satan than most standard depictions; he is slobbering, wordless, and receives the same punishments in Hell as the rest of the sinners.

I've read Inferno and thoroughly enjoyed it, and I would like to read the other ones, but there are no adnotated versions in my country, should I buy the english editions or read them without notes?

I have a question.
Why does Dante place Brutus and Cassius at the same level as Judas?
I understand that he saw Caesar (and him being betrayed by those closest to him) as complementing the fate of Jesus of Nazareth, and that he saw certain similarities, but for a devout Christian such as Dante, how can he compare the fate of Jesus to those of Caesar?
Caesar was, by all accounts, a brilliant politician and tactician, but far from perfect, or morally sound.