" For 10 points, name this guide of Dante in  Inferno  and author of the Aeneid .
This character is compared to water in a mill and a mother rescuing her son from a fire when he grabs the protagonist and slides down a steep slope. In a long speech explaining why the time of day has reversed, this character explains that all the landmasses in the Southern Hemisphere left it after a figure landed there. The protagonist first sees this character after fleeing down a mountain from a (*)  panther, a lion, and a she-wolf that had blocked his path. This resident of Limbo explains that the voice of a lady from heaven asked him to help the protagonist, which he does by guiding him through "dark woods" to a gate reading "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." For 10 points, name this guide of Dante in  Inferno  and author of the Aeneid .
This character is compared to water in a mill and a mother rescuing her son from a fire when he grabs the protagonist and slides down a steep slope.
Virgil 