Facilis Descenus Averni

In Southern Italy, there's a volcanic crater lake known as Avernus. In ancient Rome, it was believed to be the entrance to the Underworld, and even appears in Virgil's Aeneid, which is where I got the title from (translates to "The descent to Avernus is easy"). Supposedly, it is through Avernus that Dante descends. Aeneas, the hero from Virgil's story, descends through Hell the same exact way.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia again

These are posts on blogspot about a guy who actually went to "Hell".
The Entrance

The Descent

references in popular culture to the divine commedia: da inferno

so i found what i was looking for with all the references to dante's divine comedy: the inferno. I wanted to see what songs, cartoons, and movie besides the dante film had references/connections to the inferno.I listed the many popular ones and cut it down a tad on the "view comments".There are references in tons of famous stuff like the movie 7even and clerks and in art and music including the local band cowboy mouth.

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virtual dante:
http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_and_his_Divine_Comedy_in_popular_culture

my mommy got a poster of this and put it in Mrs. Klebba's room

Virtual Overview of the Circles of Hell

http://web.eku.edu/flash/inferno/

this is a great overview of the circles. it tells the guard, sinners, important figures, and gives a brief review of what occured. Each circle also has pictures of every character including Dante and Virgil. REALLY GOOD WAY TO REVIEW AND CLEARS UP A WHOLE LOT OF THE CONFUSING STUFF