Dante's Inferno Character List

Main Characters; Damned Souls and Inhabitants; Mythological and Infernal Figures

Dante

protagonist walking through Hell

Virgil

Roman poet who guides Dante

Beatrice

Dante's love, prompts Dante's journey

Francesca de Rimmi + Paola Malatesta

Lovers killed by Paolo's brother (Ring 2 - Lust)

Ciacco

Florentine citizens, tells Dante about the city's political future (Ring 3 - Gluttony)

Farinata

A Ghilbelline leader in Florence (Ring 6 - Heretics)

Pier delle Vigne

Advisor to Fredrick II, committed suicide (Ring 7 - Violence against self)

Brunetto Latini

Dante's revered former teacher (Ring 7 - Violence against nature)

Ulysses

Famed for his deceptive ingenuity (Ring 8 - Fradulent counselers)

Count Ugolino + Archbishop Ruggieri

Ugolino gnaws on the head of Ruggieri who starved to death (Ring 9 - Treachery)

Charon

The ferryman of the river Acheron

Minos

The judge of the damned souls, assigns to circles

Cerberus

The three-headed dog guarding the gluttons

Plutus

The demon of wealth guarding the hoarders and spendthrifts

Phlegyas

The boatman of the River Styx

The Furies (Medusa)

Guard the city of Dis

The Centaurs (Chiron + Nessus)

Guard the violent

The Harpies

Plague the suicides

Geryon

The monster of fraud

Lucifer (Dis)

Located at the very center of Hell, frozen in ice and chewing on Judas, Brutus, and Cassius