The Descent."
A0er seeing terrifying visions, such as an "orcus-pregnant space bursting with grotesque animal-life," this character resolves to destroy all he has created in a chapter titled "FireÂ—The Descent." He regrets pursuing art over the love of Plotia (PLOH-tee-ah) in that novel, which begins with his arrival at Brundisium (broon-DEE-see-um) accompanied by his patron. This man discourses on the nature of Fortune to explain the futility in addressing groups of spendthri0s and hoarders locked in perpetual combat in a poem in which he summons Geryon so that he and his companion can reach Malebolge (MAH-leh-bol-jeh). Hermann Broch wrote about the "death" of this character, who approaches a man lost in a dark wood "midway through life's journey" at the start of an epic poem. For 10 points, what Roman poet guides Dante through the Inferno?
A0er seeing terrifying visions, such as an "orcus-pregnant space bursting with grotesque animal-life," this character resolves to destroy all he has created in a chapter titled "FireÂ—
Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro; accept The Death of Virgil or Der Tod des Vergil]