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• Home Page
• Introduction
• Highlights
• Suggested plan to experience the Site fully
• About This Site
• Purpose
• Intended Audience
• Contact Information & Feedback
• Feedback form
• How to contact me
• About Dante
• Brief biography
• His love for Beatrice and its impact
• Exile in Dante's life and in the Divine Comedy
• About Virgil
• Brief biography, including his works
• His masterpiece: Aeneid
• Virgil's Role in the Divine Comedy
• A Guide
• Historical v. Literary character of Virgil
• A Mentor
• Why Did Dante Choose Virgil?
• He provided a link to Homer.  See also Connections to Homer.
• Dante had similar writing capabilities and attitudes
• Why not Aristotle?
• Similarities in Techniques and Modes
• Poetry
• Structure
• Language
• The Symbolism of Virgil's Character in the Divine Comedy
• The Homer - Vergil - Dante Connection
• Brief background on Homer
• How they're all linked: epic poetry
• Proof: Inferno IV
• Art Gallery
• A sampler of 8 illustrations and paintings inspired by the Divine Comedy, with special attention to the depiction of the relationship between Dante and Virgil 
• Links