Characters
Characters of the Divine Comedy
Explore the protagonists and figures Dante meets on his journey.
| Personaggio | Tipologia | Menzioni | Versi collegati | Descrizione |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuochi | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Florentine family remembered by Cacciaguida among those that were growing in the Florence of his time, mentioned alongside the Sacchetti, Fifanti, and Barucci. |
| Joseph | Biblical figures | 1 | 1 | Biblical patriarch, son of Jacob, recalled by Dante as a victim of the false accusation made by Potiphar's wife. |
| Justinian | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | The emperor Justinian appears in Paradise as the voice that illustrates the providential meaning of the Empire and the history of the eagle. |
| Glaucus | Mythological | 1 | 1 | A fisherman of Boeotia who, having tasted an herb capable of restoring life to fish, was transformed into a sea divinity, cited by Dante as a comparison for his own transhumanization. |
| Gorgon | Mythological | 1 | 1 | Mythological figure evoked by Dante at the threshold of the city of Dis, whose three forms (including Medusa) symbolize the fear that clouds the mind and petrifies. |
| Graffiacane | Mythological | 1 | 2 | Devil of the squad that escorts Dante and Virgil through the eighth ditch of Hell. His name, coined by Dante, evokes a visual image of animalistic violence. |
| Greci | Families and factions | 1 | 5 | People of antiquity recalled by Cacciaguida in the list of Florentine families in Paradiso XVI. |
| Gregory | Popes and clergy | 1 | 2 | Saint Gregory the Great, pope, recalled by Dante as an example of the virtue of justice on the second terrace of Purgatory, whose exalted virtue moved the pope to a great victory. |
| Griffin | Mythological | 2 | 2 | Two-formed creature of the Earthly Paradise: a lion in its lower aspect, an eagle in its upper part, drawing the triumphal chariot that guards Beatrice. |
| Gualandi | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | A Pisan family of the Ghibelline faction, recalled by Dante as one of the three principal houses that, together with Archbishop Ruggieri degli Ubaldini, rose up against Count Ugolino. |
| Gualdrada | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Florentine woman remembered by Dante as the grandmother of Guido Guerra; the definition "buona" presents her as an example of honorable customs in Florence. |
| Gualterotti | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Florentine family recalled by Cacciaguida in the Heaven of Mars among those that still bore in their coat of arms a part of the device of Marquis Hugh of Tuscany. |
| Guaschi | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Guaschi is the form with which Dante, in the words of the apostle Peter, indicates the inhabitants of Gascony, accused of avarice and ready to profit from the blood of the martyrs for wealth and power. |
| Guelfi | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | The Guelfi are the faction that, according to the speech of Justinian in Paradiso VI, takes its lead from Charles II of Anjou and opposes the sacrosanct sign of the imperial eagle. |
| Guido | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 12 | Guido is remembered by Farinata among the Epicureans of the sixth circle as the intellectual adversary of his family; the notes identify him as the father of Guido Cavalcanti, Dante's first friend. |
| Guido Bonatti | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 1 | Astrologer from Forlì placed by Dante among the diviners in Hell, compared for his fame to Michael Scot and Asdente. |
| Guido da Castel | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Guido da Castel, of the Guelph family of the Roberti of Reggio Emilia, is mentioned by Dante in Purgatorio among the characters praised for their liberality, alongside Currado da Palazzo and Gherardo da Camino. |
| Guido da Prata | Unclassified | 1 | 1 | A contemporary and fellow citizen of other illustrious men from Romagna recalled by Guido Guinizelli in the Purgatorio; the name is linked to the locality of Prata or Prada between Faenza and Ravenna, attested in documents of 1184 and 1228. |
| Guido del Duca | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Romagnol nobleman of the Ghibelline faction, mentioned by himself in Purgatorio as a voice expressing nostalgia for the courteous nobility of Romagna. |
| Guido di Carpigna | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Guelph lord of the counts of Carpegna in the Montefeltro, recalled by Dante in the Purgatorio among the liberal and courteous lords of the good old days, whose memory is today linked almost exclusively to these verses. |
| Guido Guerra | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Guido Guerra VI dei conti Guidi, nipote di Gualdrada, è ricordato da Cacciaguida tra i Fiorentini del buon tempo antico in Inferno XVI. |
| Guido Guinizzelli | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 1 | Thirteenth-century Italian poet, remembered by Dante as the father of the Stil Nuovo; in Purgatory he presents himself as purging the penalty of the lustful. |
| Guido vostro | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 1 | Guido Cavalcanti, referred to by Farinata as «Guido vostro», remembered as a friend of Dante and a figure of great intellectual stature, whose disdain for the path indicated by Beatrice marked the rupture between the two. |
| William (Marquis of Montferrat) | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | William, Marquis of Montferrat (known as Spadalunga), recalled by Dante in the Heaven of Mars among the spirits who distinguished themselves for military deeds and love of justice. |