Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante ( /ˈdænti/, /ˈdɑːnteɪ/; ; c. 1265–1321), was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Commedia and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
In Italy he is known as il Sommo Poeta ("the Supreme Poet") or just il Poeta. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language".
Famous quotes by dante alighieri:
“‘Medusa, come, we’ll turn him into stone,’ they shouted all together glaring down, ‘how wrong we were to let off Theseus lightly!’”
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
“Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.”
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)