Dante's Purgatorio

Purgatorio is the second part of Italian poet Dante Alighieri''s epic poem Divine Comedy and describes Dante''s climb up the Mount of Purgatory. As in the Inferno, the Roman poet Virgil is guiding Dante on a journey; this time they visit the seven terraces of Purgatory, where sinners are cleansing themselves in preparation for entering Paradise. Each of the terraces represents one of the seven dea...