This character is likened to a “fountain / that freely pours so rich a stream of speech.” This character recites a passage from the Nicomachean Ethics to explain that incontinence, malice, and insane brutality go against god’s will. He is unable to use his trademark quality, reason, to convince a group of fallen angels to open the gates to the City of Dis. This character instructs the speaker of a 14th-Century poem to climb Lucifer’s leg and look towards Purgatory. For 10 points, what ancient Roman poet serves as Dante’s guide in the Inferno?
This character is likened to a “fountain / that freely pours so rich a stream of speech.” This character recites a passage from the Nicomachean Ethics to explain that incontinence, malice, and insane brutality go against god’s will. He is unable to use his trademark quality, reason, to convince a group of fallen angels to open the gates to the City of Dis. This character instructs the speaker of a 14th-Century poem to climb Lucifer’s leg and look towards Purgatory. For 10 points, what ancient Roman poet serves as Dante’s guide in the Inferno?
This character is likened to a “fountain / that freely pours so rich a stream of speech.