Dante's Inferno
Inferno or Dante's Inferno was the first part of Dante's epic Italian poem The Divine Comedy. This poem described Dante's journey, guided by the poet Virgil, through Hell, depicted as a sequence of concentric circles of torment. It was followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.

In 2257, Paul Stamets, when confronted by his  while trapped in the mycelial network, asked if he was dead and if his counterpart was "some sort of narcissistic Virgil" leading him to judgement. ()

Later that year,  remarked of Essof IV, "So we're going to the Ninth Circle of Hell to capture a Red Angel. I'd enjoy the irony of that if it weren't so dangerous." ()

A copy of Inferno, translated by John Ciardi, was among the small collection of books found aboard the  in 2285. ()

Captain Kathryn Janeway was given a copy of Dante's Inferno by her fiancé Mark Johnson as an engagement gift. She later lent the book to Chakotay, who once quoted its opening line to her: 

"In the middle of the journey of our life 
I found myself astray in a dark wood 
where the straight road had been lost."

Chakotay agreed with Dante that if you always see the road ahead of you, it is not worth the trip. ()

Jean-Luc Picard referenced the work to describe an alternate timeline after he was served Colombian roast coffee rather than Earl Grey tea saying, "This really is the circle that Dante overlooked." ()

See also
 Hell
 Moby Dick

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Inferno, Dante's