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A character in this location is confused that it is already morning although he had been climbing for only one and a half hours. A frozen lake known as Cocytus (“koh-SAI-tus”) can be found in this place, (15[1])where Geryon transports two characters through the “pouches” of its Malebolge. A leopard, lion, and she-wolf block the entrance to this (15[1])location where a sign inscribed (*) “abandon all hope ye who enter here” can be found. Virgil guides the narrator through this location, (10[1])where he sees Cassius, Brutus, and Judas being eternally chewed by Satan. For 10 points, Dante journeys through the nine circles of what blazing location in The Divine Comedy? ■END■

ANSWER: Inferno [accept Dante’s hell, etc.]
<Literature - European Literature - Poetry>
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y3100%67%0%56.33
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y11100%55%36%63.36