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 Ae
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.