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| Another giant from classical mythology, whom Hercules defeated in a wrestling match.transported virgil and dante safely down from the eighth circle of hell to the ninth. |
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| Ruggieri imprisoned Count Ugolino and his children, causing them to die of starvation. He is punished in the ninth circle of hell, where Ugolino continually eats away at his head. |
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| Brutus and Cassius betrayed Julius Caesar, leading to his assassination. They are devoured by two of Lucifer's mouths at the center of hell. |
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| A soul punished in the ninth circle of hell even before his death for murdering his father-in-law. His living body is possessed by a demon on earth. |
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| After killing his own brother at a banquet, Alberigo is punished in the ninth circle of hell. His tears freeze over his eyes and he asks Dante to remove the ice in return for telling him his name. Dante agrees but then refuses to remove the ice. |
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| An Italian count who was imprisoned along with his children in a tower by Archbishop Ruggieri where they starved to death. In the ninth circle of hell, he is frozen next to Ruggieri, whose head he devours. |
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| A traitor of Florence who is in the ninth circle of hell. He refuses to tell Dante his name, but Dante learns it from another soul and angrily tells him that his name will live on in infamy for his sin. |
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| Also called Satan, Beelzebub, and occasionally even Dis, Lucifer was an angel who led a rebellion against God. God then created hell to imprison Lucifer and his fallen angels. Lucifer is even larger than the giants Dante sees in the eighth circle of hell, and is found in the ninth circle, where his three mouths devour Judas, Brutus, and Cassius. Dante and Virgil climb up Lucifer's gargantuan body to exit hell. |
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