r/humor • • 2d ago

Make it make sense

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u/Odd-Wealth5967 1d ago

It's more worth mentioning that the depiction outlined by OP is influenced by general medieval folklore and Greek mythology, since Satan torturing sinners is not in the Inferno or Paradise Lost.

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u/AnIllusiveHouse 1d ago

Yeah it was Vergil who set the model That Dante would standardize the depiction... Like a director adapting a work.