Dante Today

Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture

Fiorentia fans display Dante banner at football game

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Fans of the Fiorentia football team “welcomed” back player Dusan Vlahovic to the team with a reference to Dante.

Vlahovic left Fiorentia to play for Juventus in January, but recently returned to Forentia. He was greeted with “a very special banner covering the entire end of the arena that referenced Canto 26, the section of Dante’s Inferno, where his protagonist continues his journey through hell, that is dedicated to frauds,” Football Italia said.

The banner read: “Vlahovic, throughout Hell thy name is spread about!”

666 – The Enemy Within by Hammerfall

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“Dante juxtaposed Greek mythology with modern Catholicism, which is exactly what Hammerfall do in their hellish song, “666 – The Enemy Within,” Loudwire’s Katy Irrizary writes.

“The band sings of both the symbol of Christ’s death as well as the rivers of Hades. “Six, six, six / Get the holy crucifix / Throw it in / Into Acheron on Styx”  – Katy Irrizary, Loudwire, August 15, 2018

700 year old fresco depicts Dante sent to burn in Hell

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“Scholars believe they have found a portrayal of Dante being sent to burn in the fires of damnation, hidden in the corner of a 700-year-old fresco in Tuscany.

They say the figure of a man with an aquiline nose and a distinctive red beret bears a striking resemblance to known portraits of Dante, who is revered in Italy as much as Shakespeare is esteemed in Britain.

The demonisation of the poet may have been motivated by the bad relations he had with the Church.

The fresco was painted between 1336 and 1342 by an artist named Bonamico Buffalmacco and adorns a wall of the Camposanto, a historic cemetery in Pisa which is close to the famous Leaning Tower.”    — Nick Squires, The Telegraph, February 1, 2022.

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How to Cite

Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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