Lucifer

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In the verses of the Commedia, the figure is indicated with three different denominations: Dis, presented as the one who sits upon the universe; Lucifer, mentioned in relation to Judas; and Beelzebub, recalled as a point of reference to designate the most remote place. In Inferno XXXI, the tercet that names Lucifer places him next to Judas in the ultimate betrayal. In Inferno XXXIV, Virgil indicates Dis by showing his seat, and in another passage of the same canto defines the remote place by Beelzebub, confirming the traditional identification between these figures of evil. The authorized notes of the commentary also specify that Dis is the city girded by walls, the most terrible zone of Hell, while the signal flames and the devils defend its access.