Dis (Divine Comedy)

In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the City of Dis (Italian: Dite Italian pronunciation: [ˈdiːte]) encompasses the sixth through the ninth circles of Hell.

Moated by the river Styx, the fortified city encloses the whole of Lower or Nether Hell.

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