FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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On the gate of Hell
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In the words of Charon
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In the tale of Ulysses
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription ending with the phrase “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate", most frequently translated as “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
Detailed explanation-2: -From Dante Alighieri’s work Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary as “all hope abandon ye who enter here”, from the Italian lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate.
Detailed explanation-3: -An inscription at the entrance to hell as described by Dante in The Divine Comedy.
Detailed explanation-4: -to stop believing or hoping that something will happen. The family had abandoned all hope of finding him alive. Synonyms and related words. To lose hope, or to give up hope.
Detailed explanation-5: -The inscription over the gate of Hell has a powerful impact: “Abandon every hope, all ye who enter here.” Dante naturally thinks this applies also to him, and in the first of many passages that cause Dante anguish, Virgil smiles and reassures him.