Inferno (Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Dante Alighieri`s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Domedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the lnferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.