For 10 points, simoniacs, sowers of discord and other commissioners of simple fraud inhabit what penultimate realm of Dante's Inferno?
This region's holes remind the protagonist of a baptismal font which he had destroyed to save a boy from drowning, and the first groups of people he meets here march in opposite directions like Romans over the Tiber at Jubilee. This place is home to Malacoda, who farts in lieu of blowing a trumpet and falsely reports the presence of bridges, as well as the dragon Cacus. Leading down to it is the waterfall of the bloody river Phlegethon, over which the beast (*) Geryon flies the protagonist, it is divided into ten ditches that culminate in a Tartaros-like pit, home to earth giants Antaeus, Briareus, and Nimrod. The protagonist also meets here five thieves who transform each other into beasts, as well as the Jovial Friars, Ulysses, Jason, and Mohammed. For 10 points, simoniacs, sowers of discord and other commissioners of simple fraud inhabit what penultimate realm of Dante's Inferno?
This region's holes remind the protagonist of a baptismal font which he had destroyed to save a boy from drowning, and the first groups of people he meets here march in opposite directions like Romans over the Tiber at Jubilee.
The {Eighth Circle} of {Hell} (accept {Malebolge} or The {Evil Ditches}; prompt on {Inferno} or {Dis} until “first {people}”)