![]() ![]() Eating too much can really only hurt the individual who is doing the eating, unless they’re doing it at the expense of others. He, like the others in his realm of Hell, does not deserve this kind of punishment for eating an excess of food. In addition to being eaten, the souls are allowed only the nourishment concocted from the precipitation (a mixture of cold rain and hail) and the earth it falls on – a resulting muddy substance.Īs they satisfy the dog-beast’s hunger and move past him, they meet a damned soul by the name of Ciacco, who, only presumably, was a gluttonous man during his earthly life given his sparse characterization. Whereas many of the other souls in each circle experience their justice by way of becoming their sin, the spirits in this particular one become the prey of Cerberus, or the victim of their original sin. Under the rain they howl like dogs, lying now on one side with the other as a screen, now on the other turning, these wretched sinners.” (VI, 18-21). “ rips the spirits, flays and mangles them. Dante narrates Virgil’s feeding of the creature: “As a howling cur, hungry to get fed, quiets down with the first mouthful of his food, busy with eating… so it was will all three filthy heads of the demon Cerberus…” (VI, 28-32).īefore Cerberus was fed, a detailed description of the torture endured by the spirits in this circle is given. This dog-beast is used as a symbol for which sin the Third Circle represents – gluttony. ![]() When Virgil and Dante reach the Third Circle of Hell, after Dante has regained consciousness, they encounter a three-headed beast/dog named Cerberus, the “guard” of the realm. ![]()
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