Jan 1, 2010

Dante's Inferno | Canto 6 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Cerberus: Three-headed dog who watches over the Third Circle of Hell

The Inhabitants of Circle Three: The gluttonous

Ciacco: Gluttonous male inhabitant of Florence; nickname means “pig”

Summary
In Circle Three Dante finds constant rain, sleet, snow, and hail. Cerberus, the three-headed dog, meets Dante and Virgil; Virgil manages to quiet the dog’s attacks by throwing mud from the ground into the three mouths. All around Virgil and Dante are...