The Divine Comedy · Character

Ciacco

Florentine glutton who prophesies future strife in Hell.

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First appearance: Canto VI: The Third Circle – Cerberus and the Gluttonous

Ciacco shows up with force in Canto VI: The Third Circle – Cerberus and the Gluttonous. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A Florentine glutton who sits up from the mud to speak with Dante, foretelling the political turmoil of Florence and naming other condemned souls.

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Aftermath
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Canto VI: The Third Circle – Cerberus and the Gluttonous
A Florentine glutton who sits up from the mud to speak with Dante, foretelling the political turmoil of Florence and naming other condemned souls.
Canto XIII: The Wood of the Suicides
Not present; no character with this ID appears in the excerpt.
Canto XXI: The Fifth Bolgia – The Malebranche and the Barrators
Not directly present; the chapter focuses on barrators, not gluttons.
Canto XXII: The Barrators and the Malebranche
Not directly present; the Navarrese sinner is a different barrator, but Ciacco is a glutton encountered earlier in Hell.
Canto XXV
Not directly present; no match in this canto.
Canto XXIX: The Tenth Bolgia of the Alchemists
Not directly present; the reference to Geri del Bello and the alchemists recalls earlier encounters with Florentine sinners.
Canto XXX
The Aretine (likely Ciacco) identifies Gianni Schicchi and Myrrha to Dante, explaining their sins of impersonation and incest.

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