OT Dante's Inferno??

[bxxtanyer]

Hey y'all fierceboarders, i've searched high and low trying to figure this out so i decided to reach out to my fierce community.

Does anyone know why Medusa is in Circle 6?

 

[aggie1983]

Don't know for sure if this is correct, however, the sixth circle was for heretics. According to different legends about Medusa: 1. she was either born with the snake hair, 2. she was a beautiful woman who bragged she was more beautiful than a goddess (or all goddesses) - a form of disrespect/heresy, or 3. she was a priestess of Athena and conducted an affair with a god (Poseiden?) in Athena's temple - another form of disrespect to the gods, in this case Athena.

 

[iamsofreakinbored]

Just had our final exam in Literature about Inferno. It killed me :(
I have no idea why she's in Circle 6. Should've asked my teacher about it. :)

 

[KRECCheer]

Depending on how you read it, The City of Dis would not be circle 6, rather, the gate or entrance to the Capitol of Hell. She wasnt truly considered a Heretic, rather a figure who makes her own rules. A tormentor of souls if you will, an infernal fury.

 

[cartwheels&cupcakes]

blahhh this was the most torture I had to go through for my senior year. I hope you figure it out, I definitely don't remember, I tried to forget all about it.

 

[TinyBlondie15]

I'm at a Mexican resturaunt for Spanish Club and the only people here are me and my instructor... Awkward..