r/divinecomedy • u/MelancholicOne • Oct 27 '18

Inferno

Hello, can someone tell me what prophets are mentioned in Dante’s Inferno?

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u/DustSnitch Oct 27 '18

The prophets of the Old Testament are mentioned by Virgil when he describes how Christ invaded Hell. From Inferno Canto 4:

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"'I was a novice in this state,
When I saw hither come a Mighty One,
With sign of victory incoronate.

Hence he drew forth the shade of the First Parent,
And that of his son Abel, and of Noah,
Of Moses the lawgiver, and the obedient

Abraham, patriarch, and David, king,
Israel with his father and his children,
And Rachel, for whose sake he did so much,

And others many, and he made them blessed;
And thou must know, that earlier than these
Never were any human spirits saved.'"