# Ciacco — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Ciacco in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-canto-vi

## Who they are

Florentine glutton who prophesies future strife in Hell.

## In the story

### [Canto VI: The Third Circle – Cerberus and the Gluttonous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-vi)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xiii)

Not present; no character with this ID appears in the excerpt.

### [Canto XXI: The Fifth Bolgia – The Malebranche and the Barrators](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxi)

Not directly present; the chapter focuses on barrators, not gluttons.

### [Canto XXII: The Barrators and the Malebranche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxii)

Not directly present; the Navarrese sinner is a different barrator, but Ciacco is a glutton encountered earlier in Hell.

### [Canto XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxv)

Not directly present; no match in this canto.

### [Canto XXIX: The Tenth Bolgia of the Alchemists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxix)

Not directly present; the reference to Geri del Bello and the alchemists recalls earlier encounters with Florentine sinners.

### [Canto XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxx)

The Aretine (likely Ciacco) identifies Gianni Schicchi and Myrrha to Dante, explaining their sins of impersonation and incest.

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