francesca da rimini

Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (1255–ca. 1285) was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.

Characters

Virgilio (publius Vergilius Maro)

an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period...
Lucifer

Satan, The Devil....
Odysseus

A legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homers epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homers Iliad.Husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his brilliance, gu...
Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in Florence; he died and is buried in Ravenna. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contem...
Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October, 42 BC) was a Roman senator, a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar,[1] and the brother in-law of Marcus Junius Brutus....
Brutus Marcus Junius

Marcus Junius Brutus (early June, 85 BC – 23 October, 42 BC), often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to using his...
Attila The Hun

Emperor of the Huns, which was a Turkic Empire, from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the River Danube to the Baltic Sea. During his rule, he was one of the most fearsom...
Frederick Ii Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1194 – 1250) was Holy Roman Emperor (King of the Romans) from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death; he was also a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....
Cleopatra

Cleópatra Thea Filopator (em grego, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ – Cleopátra Philopátor; Alexandria, 69 a.C. — 12 de agosto de 30 a.C.) foi a última rainha da dinastia de Ptolomeu, general que governou o Egito após a conquista daquele país pelo rei Alexandre III d...
Trajan (emperor)

Trajan (/ˈtreɪdʒən/ TRAY-jən; Latin: Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53 – c. 11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Declared optimus princeps ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as one of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–An...
Cerberus

In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ˈsɜːrbərəs/; Greek: Κέρβερος Kerberos [ˈkerberos]), often called the "hound of Hades", is the monstrous multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Cerberus was the offspring of...
Roland

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Dido Of Carthage

Dido was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first queen of Carthage (modern-day Tunisia)....
Charon (mythology)

The ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on ...
Beatrice (dante)

Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinar, 1265 – 8 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieris Vita Nuova, and is also commonly identified with the Beatrice who appears as one of his gu...
Francesca Da Rimini

Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (1255–ca. 1285) was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy....
Saul (biblical King)

Saul, according to the Hebrew Bible, was the first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, marked a transition from a tribal society to statehood....
Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot (died c. 30 – c. 33 AD) was a disciple and one of the original Twelve Disciples of Jesus Christ. According to all four canonical gospels, Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane by kissing him and addressing him as...
Achilles

Achilles is a mythological hero featured in Homers Iliad, where he is depicted as the most feared warrior of his age, a son of the nymph Thetis. Later authors rewrite his story to make him invulnerable, having been dipped in the river Styx by his mo...
Mary (mother Of Jesus)

Mary[c] was a first-century Judean woman of Nazareth,[6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Easte...
Julius Caesar (roman Emperor)

Gaius Julius Caesar (/ˈsiːzər/, SEE-zər; Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈjuːliʊs ˈkae̯sar]; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his politic...