Characters in Inferno

Dante Alighieri

Also in The Divine Comedy

Dante

The poet-pilgrim who journeys through Hell as narrator and traveler.

Also in Paradiso

Virgil

The shade of the Roman poet who guides Dante through the underworld as an embodiment of reason.

Also in The Divine Comedy

Lady Beatrice

Dante's idealized beloved, whose intercession sets the journey in motion.

Also in Paradiso, The Divine Comedy