... the reader the punishment for the prime sinners in this ring, traitors against their benefactors. These people are be Judas Iscariot, who wronged Jesus, Brutus, who murdered Julius Caesar, and Cassius, another murderer of Caesar. These people were placed inside the mouth of Lucifer, which Lucifer is constantly chewing at their bodies. Since the worst of the sinners is Judas Iscariot ... , he is placed in the mouth of the middle face of Lucifer. The other two, Brutus and Cassius, are in the mouths of the faces on the sides. The extreme punishment in this last ring shows that to wrong your...

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... God threw him down from Heaven. Each mouth of Lucifer chews on the three greatest sinners of all time. One mouth contains Judas, the betrayer of Christ, next mouth holds Cassius, and the next with Brutus, for betraying Julias Caesar. Clinging to Lucifers frozen clumps of hair, Virgil Leads Dante on a climb down lower. Virgil and Dante eventually make it to ... ...

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... and countrymen. The middle face, a red face meaning hatred, chews on the head of Judas Iscariot, Jesus" traitor. The right face, yellow which means impotence, chew on the head of Cassius. The left face, black which means ignorance, chews the head of Brutus, who stabbed his best friend, Julius Caesar, in the back (Durant, 1073). Dante and Virgil make their way ... ...

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