Minos at the entrance of hell

• Contributor: bilwissedition Ltd. & Co. KG / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: BMB5YJ
• File size: 61.7 MB (4.7 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 5200 x 4145 px | 44 x 35.1 cm | 17.3 x 13.8 inches | 300dpi
• Location: Germany
• Photographer: bilwissedition

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This is where the real hell is. At the entrance sits Minos, a legendary Cretan king, he was regarded in antiquity as hell judge. With Dante, he divides the individual souls to the specific places of punishment. Cant. V, 4ff., The Divine Comedy, La Divina Commedia, witten by Dante Alighieri between 1308 - 1321, Illustration Gustave Doré

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