Megaera

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In Dante's Inferno, Megaera appears in Canto IX, where Virgil directly points out the Fury who presents herself before them 'with sinister chant,' at the entrance to the city of Dis. The poet places her among the three Erinyes who oppose the journey of the two pilgrims, monstrous figures adorned with serpents and hydras, and with hair and belt intertwined with vipers, according to the classical imagery of the avenging Furies. The notes to the canto specify that Virgil immediately recognizes these figures as familiar to him, confirming the connection with the Virgilian tradition.