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SS Botany Bay-library — A copy of *The Inferno* (top left) aboard the SS *Botany Bay*

Inferno or Dante's Inferno was the first part of Dante's epic Italian poem The Divine Comedy. This poem described Dante's journey through Hell. It was followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.

A copy of Inferno, translated by John Ciardi, was among the small collection of books found aboard the SS Botany Bay in 2285. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

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. (VOY: "Shattered")

The particular quote above is from the translation by Seamus Heaney. The version translated by John Ciardi reads: "Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

External links

The Divine Comedy at Wikipedia
Dante's Inferno at Project Gutenberg

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-[[Image:SS Botany Bay-library.jpg|thumb|A copy of ''The Inferno'' (top left) aboard the [[SS Botany Bay|SS ''Botany Bay'']].]]
+[[File:SS Botany Bay-library.jpg|thumb|A copy of ''The Inferno'' (top left) aboard the {{SS|Botany Bay}}]]
-'''''The Inferno''''' (also published as '''''Dante's Inferno''''') is one of three [[Wikipedia:cantica|canticas]] from the epic [[Italy|Italian]] [[poem]] ''The Devine Comedy'', by [[Dante]].
+'''Inferno''' or '''Dante's Inferno''' was the first part of [[Dante]]'s epic [[Italian]] [[poetry|poem]] ''The Divine Comedy''. This poem described Dante's journey through [[Hell]]. It was followed by ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
-A copy of ''The Inferno'' was among the small collection of books found aboard the [[SS Botany Bay|SS ''Botany Bay'']] in [[2286]]. (''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'')
+A copy of ''Inferno'', translated by [[John Ciardi]], was among the small collection of [[book]]s found aboard the {{SS|Botany Bay}} in [[2285]]. ({{film|2}})
-A copy of ''Dante's Inferno'' was given to [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] by her fiancé [[Mark Johnson]] as an engagement gift.  She later lent the book to [[Chakotay]].
+[[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, if you always see the road ahead of you it's not worth the trip. ([[VOY]]: "[[Shattered]]")
+"''In the middle of the journey of our life<br />
-''In the 1979 Walt Disney Productions film ''[[The Black Hole]]'', Ernest Borgnine's character compared the [[black hole]] phenomenon with a scene "right out of Dante's Inferno."''
+I found myself astray in a dark wood<br />
+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. ({{VOY|Shattered}})
-==External Links==
-* {{Wikipedia-title|The Divine Comedy}}
+{{bginfo| The particular quote above is from the translation by Seamus Heaney. The version translated by John Ciardi reads: "Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost."}}
+== External links ==
+* {{Wikipedia-title|The Divine Comedy}}
+* {{gutenberg|41537}}
 [[Category:Earth literature|Inferno, The]]