He adds that these verses in Purgatorio convey like no other the tragedy (from Dante’s point of view) of Virgil’s life. As great as he was, he missed the mark; he famously prophesied a virgin ...

In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the author describes Virgil and Dante's grueling journey through hell and purgatory as they encounter horrifying creatures and weather revolting conditions.

Olympia introduces her brothers and sisters, similarly elevated to posthumous adulthood, who sing with unrivalled sweetness, better than Virgil ... to Dante's challenge, had decided to dramatise and ...