Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago. His enemies had him exiled, hoping he'd disappear from history. But instead he wrote a masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, making himself the hero of his own epic ...

In The Divine Comedy, the Prophet Muhammad, along with four popes, is pictured suffering the torments of Hell; what is less well-known is how much Dante’s masterpiece owes to the vibrant culture ...

Zamprogna: Oh, yeah, for sure. I actually came up with an idea for next year: If Gio and Dante are on good terms, I think Dante should play the drums while Gio’s on the violin.