Dante

[ dan-tee, dahn-tey; Italian dahn-te ]

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noun

Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.

Dante

/ ˈdæntɪ; ˈdante; dænˈtiːən; ˈdɑːnteɪ; ˈdæntɪən; dænˈtɛsk /

noun

Dante12651321MItalianWRITING: poet full name Dante Alighieri ( Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice

Dante

An Italian poet of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; his full name was Dante Alighieri. Dante is remembered for his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, an epic about hell , purgatory , and heaven . The Divine Comedy was written as a memorial to Beatrice, a woman whom Dante loved and who died at an early age.

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Derived Forms

Dantean, adjective

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And when the attraction reopens on May 9, it will have even more characters, as Disney is adding Miguel and Dante from the film “Coco” to the ride’s Mexico section.

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The King has spoken of his love for Italian culture and the trip to Ravenna allowed him to see the tomb of the writer Dante Alighieri.

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The culture-loving royals will also have visits associated with the writers Dante and Lord Byron.

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In Ravenna, the royal couple will view the tomb of the Italian writer Dante, and the Queen will tour a museum commemorating the poet Lord Byron.

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This boundary-pushing vision, inspired by Dante’s “Inferno,” appears vibrant and colorful in more ways than one.

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