Oct 7, 2008

Dante's Inferno | Canto 28 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Sowers of Discord: Created discord on earth; their bodies are torn apart in Hell

Mahomet: Founder of Islam (Mohammed)

Pier da Medicina: Incited civil strife; disseminated scandal and misrepresentation; incited feuds between two Romagna families

Curio: Brought about civil strife; tongue removed for punishment

Mosca: Brought Florentine division by creating Guelphs and Ghibellines

Bertrand de Born: Headless shade who helped increase feud between Henry II of England and his young son Prince Henry

Summary
Dante is appalled at the suffering he...