TASCHEN Magazine Winter 2014/15 (Current US issue)

Page 25

Capaneus the Blasphemer

As they travel through the Seventh Circle of Hell, Dante and Virgil come upon Capaneus, one of the seven kings who once waged war on the city of Thebes. In his great pride, Capaneus provoked Jupiter who killed him with a bolt of lightning. Here, Capaneus resides under a rain of fire as punishment for his blasphemy.


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