1. What characteristics of The Inferno are classically epic? That is, what elements are present in The Inferno and also an older epic like The Odyssey?
2. What is the role of classical literature and culture in The Inferno? Why does Dante have a pagan, Virgil, guide him through Hell, and not a Christian, like St. Paul?

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