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AverageOldGuy

(3,243 posts)
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 09:11 PM Saturday

Dante was wrong about Hell.

In literary circles, the Ninth Circle of Hell, as described in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, is the deepest and coldest layer, reserved for traitors who betray those with whom they shared special bonds.

There is, however, a tenth circle of hell and those who are there are damned to an eternity of hanging pictures on the walls of their home with their spouse supervising.

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Dante was wrong about Hell. (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Saturday OP
Maybe Dantes did not write his descriptions from a point of personal experience? Norrrm Saturday #1
;-) elleng Saturday #2
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