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The Divine Comedy
Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri
- Written 1320 CE
- Also called Divina Commedia, Divina Comedia, Commedia
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Plato4th-century BCE Greek philosopher -
Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopher -
Homerreputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey -
VirgilRoman poet (1st century BC) -
CiceroRoman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC) -
OvidRoman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD) -
AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037) -
HippocratesGreek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) -
CleopatraQueen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE -
HoraceRoman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC) -
DemocritusGreek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC) -
HeraclitusGreek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
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Ptolemy2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer -
AverroesArab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198) -
AchillesGreek mythological hero of the Trojan War -
Empedocles5th century BC Greek philosopher -
Zeno of EleaGreek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC) -
Helen of Troydaughter of Zeus in Greek mythology -
Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorKing of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250) -
AeneasTrojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite -
Boniface VIIIpope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303 -
MinosGreek mythology character, son of Zeus and Europa, king of Crete -
Orpheuslegendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth -
Hectorprince of Troy in Greek mythology -
Parismythological son of Priam, king of Troy -
Didolegendary founder and first queen of Carthage -
PenthesileaAmazonian queen in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and Otrera -
LancelotArthurian character -
Tisiphoneancient Greek mythological punisher of murder -
Alectoone of the Erinyes or Furies, ancient Greek mythological punisher of moral crimes -
Laviniawife of Aeneas in Roman mythology -
TristanCornish knight of the Round Table Arthurian legend -
Megaeraone of the Erinyes or Furies -
Latinusking in Greek and Roman mythology
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