Dec 29, 2009

Dante's Inferno | Canto 8 Summary and Analysis

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Phlegyas: The mariner on the Styx who comes for Dante and Virgil

Filippo Argenti: Florentine resident; had differed politically with Dante

Summary
At the top of the tower Dante and Virgil see two sparks of light; in the distance two sparks answer and Phlegyas, the angry oarsman, arrives. Phlegyas does not like the fact that Dante and Virgil are only visitors and not to be permanent residents of the area.

Dante expresses anger toward the soul in the...