Who is fortune in Dante’s Inferno?

Who is fortune in Dante’s Inferno? Fortune, an unpredictable and uncontrollable influence on human affairs, was often personified as a minor female deity as in the writings of the ancients. Fortuna, as the Romans perceived her, derived her “personality” from the Greek notion of tyche, meaning “chance”, “luck”, or “what happens”. Who is Lady Fortune … Continue reading Who is fortune in Dante’s Inferno?