Series synopsis
Dante's Inferno is an American documentary television series that premiered on October 2, 2012. It stars Anthony Esolen.
Anthony Esolen, the preeminent, award-winning translator of Dante's epic Divine Comedy, is your guide into the infernal abyss of Hell. Who will you meet? What will happen? Will you get out alive?
Premise
Anthony Esolen, the preeminent, award-winning translator of Dante's epic Divine Comedy, is your guide into the infernal abyss of Hell. Who will you meet? What will happen? Will you get out alive?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Anthony Esolen as Professor
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | October 2, 2012 | October 2, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cantos 1-3: Where Are You Going, Traveler? Dante, bewildered in sin, meets Virgil, sent to him by Beatrice. Together, they enter the terrible gates of Hell. |
October 2, 2012 |
| 2 |
Cantos 4-8: Loving Good Things in an Evil Way Dante and Virgil, after meeting the virtuous pagans in Limbo, the rim of Hell, meet the adulterers, gluttons, avaricious, wrathful, and slothful. |
October 2, 2012 |
| 3 |
Cantos 9-12: Intellectual Terror Virgil and Dante enter the first ring of the City of Dis, which includes the materialist heretics, who reveal to us the terrible constriction of the intellect entailed by sin. |
October 2, 2012 |
Production
Release
| First aired | October 2, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | October 2, 2012 |
| Runtime | 37 minutes |
| Status | continue |