AN INTERACTIVE JOURNEY BY TALAN MATTESON
The only way
out is through.
Beyond the dark wood, beneath the world.
Descend through the nine circles of Dante’s Inferno.
Every step takes you deeper into the human soul.
INSPIRED BY THE DIVINE COMEDY · C. 1320SCROLL TO DESCEND ↓
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”DANTE ALIGHIERI · INFERNO, CANTO III
A MAP OF THE UNDERWORLD
Nine circles. One descent.
Follow Virgil into the depths.
Select a circle, or take the journey one step at a time.
CIRCLE IX · JUDECCA · CANTO XXXIV
Satan’s frozen prison
The very center of Hell. The furthest point from love.
In Judecca, the deepest region of the ninth circle, Satan is imprisoned chest-high in the frozen lake of Cocytus. His six wings beat endlessly, producing the winds that keep his own prison frozen.
His three faces chew Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius—Dante’s examples of betrayal against divine and earthly benefactors. Here, evil is powerless isolation rather than triumphant rule.
BEYOND THE INFERNO
And so we came forth
to see again the stars.
You have traveled through all nine circles. Dante’s journey continues
through Purgatory and, finally, into Paradise.