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Virgilio (publius Vergilius Maro)
an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period...
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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...
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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...
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Beatrice (diverse Works)
Beatrice as used in diverse unrelated works...
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Francesca
A desperately poor, beautiful peasant girl who is raped and murdered....
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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 ...