# Which circle of Hell are YOU going to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083 "2003-04-30T04:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/41 "2003-04-30T15:38:52Z")
I scored very high on lust and very low as a repenting believer. I was also very high as a virtuous non-believer. So, basically, I like to virtuously fuck a lot, scream out (a nonexistent) god’s name and I’m not sorry about it. And best of all? I’m a heretic in the extreme. You couldn’t possibly find a better prize than me, folks. Purgatory - Repenting Believers - Very Low Level 1 - Limbo - Virtuous Non-Believers - Very High Level 2 - Lustful - Very High Level 3 - Gluttonous - High Level 4 - Prodigal and Avaricious - High Level 5 - Wrathful and Gloomy - Low Level 6 - The City of Dis - Heretics - Extreme Level 7 - Violent - High Level 8 - the Malebolge - Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers - Moderate Level 9 - Cocytus - Treacherous - Low ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/42 "2003-04-30T15:43:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*I WANT AN APPEAL! WHERE’S JOHNNY COCHRANE? 😉 \*\* Level 8? 9, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/43 "2003-04-30T15:48:38Z")
Level 7 - my lust, lies and violence will always do me in… Here is how you matched up against all the levels: (Click on a level for more info) Level Who are sent there? Score Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Very Low Level 2 Lustful Very High Level 3 Gluttonous Low Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Moderate Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy High Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low Level 7 Violent Very High Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Very High Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Moderate ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/44 "2003-04-30T15:50:04Z")
Well - I suppose I should’ve seen THIS coming. Purgatory - Repenting Believers - Very Low Level 1 - Limbo - Virtuous Non-Believers - Very Low Level 2 - Lustful - Very High Level 3 - Gluttonous - High Level 4 - Prodigal and Avaricious - High Level 5 - Wrathful and Gloomy - Extreme Level 6 - The City of Dis - Heretics - High Level 7 - Violent - Extreme Level 8 - the Malebolge - Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers - Very High Level 9 - Cocytus - Treacherous - High ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/45 "2003-04-30T16:08:18Z")
Looks like I’m off to level 6. I think that with a little housework we could clean the place up and it wouldn’t be a bad place to be. Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers - High Level 2 Lustful - High Level 3 Gluttonous - Moderate Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious - Moderate Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy - Low Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics - Very High Level 7 Violent Moderate Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers - Moderate Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous - Low ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/46 "2003-04-30T16:18:33Z")
Whoo, Purgatory! My greatest sin was gluttony. Hehe. Gluttony…the sin that no one remembers. Gluttony…the little sin that could. So, in Purgatory, my reparations will be made by going hungry for a bit. Big whoop. The Proud have to carry huge stones on their backs, and the Envious have their eyes sewn shut and balance on the shoulders of their neighbors. Going hungry…_pffft_ ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/47 "2003-04-30T16:23:30Z")
Whoa! > [@](#): > > ## Third Level of Hell > > In the third circle, you find yourself amidst eternal rain, maledict, cold, and heavy. The gluttons are punished here, lying in the filthy mixture of shadows and of putrid water. Because you consumed in excess, you meet your fate beneath the cold, dirty rain, amidst the other souls that there lay unhappily in the stinking mud. Cerebus, a canine monster cruel and uncouth with his three heads and red eyes, dwells in this level. He growls and tears at the damned with his teeth and claws. It’s a good thing I’ve been hoarding those _Get out of Jail Free_ cards from Monopoly since I was a kid. This’ll probably take a bunch of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/48 "2003-04-30T16:40:51Z")
Limbo! Woo Hoo! I get to spend eternity with the cool non-Christians! I imagine something like: “Sup, J. Why don’tcha let us on over? There’s no cable here.” “Sorry man, can’d do it.” “Sure you can! Unless all of our philosophising about rocks and lifting them and shit is right…” “Fine, I Won’t do it. Happy now? No? Good. Now piss off. I gots me some fine virgin ladies to save!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/49 "2003-04-30T16:59:29Z")
Anybody remember the punishments at the various levels? Just want to know what I’m in for in the Sixth Circle (although I still think I should have been stuck with the “lustful” and not the “heretics”). ---
**Author:** ![Pelleas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pelleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelleas)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/50 "2003-04-30T17:46:44Z")
It says here that I am one of the lucky ones! Because of my virtue and beliefs, I have escaped eternal punishment. I am sent to _the First Level of Hell - Limbo!_ **Here is how I matched up againse all the levels:** Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Very High Level 2 Lustful Moderate Level 3 Gluttonous Low Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Very Low Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Very Low Level 6 Heretics High Level 7 Violent Low Level 8 Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Low Level 9 Treacherous Moderate Guess I’ll be in pretty good company. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/51 "2003-04-30T17:57:10Z")
**Shibb** , you can find a nice chart describing who is in which circle and what the punishments are [here](http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/uc/s.cassavant/DanteOut.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/52 "2003-04-30T18:02:21Z")
It picked level 2 for me - here’s my results: The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell! Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level | Score Purgatory | High Level 1 - Limbo | Moderate Level 2 | High Level 3 | Moderate Level 4 | Low Level 5 | Low Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low Level 7 | Low Level 8- the Malebolge | Low Level 9 - Cocytus | Moderate ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/53 "2003-04-30T18:51:37Z")
Hey, I’m a level six, too! Woohoo! **Sublight** , I’m thinking _that_ last night out is contributing mightily to our scores. :o Let’s stick to Osuna’s bar ([08:30](http://www.0830.org/)) in Hiroo next time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/54 "2003-04-30T18:55:34Z")
Damn. Level six (heretic). And I was hoping to be a righteous pagan. Apparently I score high on Lust as well, and moderately high on Gluttony and Violence (the last one baffles me, as I’m about as nonviolent as they come, but OK…) ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/55 "2003-04-30T20:34:20Z")
Darn it, I only made it to the 6th level. I feel gypped. I do, however, resent the implication that not being a big fan of bitter herbs makes me a glutton _pout_. Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level | Score Purgatory | Very Low Level 1 - Limbo | Very Low Level 2 | High Level 3 | Very High Level 4 | High Level 5 | Very High Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very High Level 7 | Very High Level 8- the Malebolge | Very High Level 9 - Cocytus | High ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/56 "2003-04-30T20:38:02Z")
2nd Level, but I’ve got an in with his horn-headedness that virtually guarantees me a postion as one of Satans Lackeys of Ironic Punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/57 "2003-04-30T20:39:11Z")
“Afflicted by melancholy; desire without hope . . . Condemned to useless labor . . . Abusing one another . . .” Augh! I’m _already_ in Hell! ---
**Author:** ![Darkrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Darkrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkrabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/58 "2003-04-30T20:42:39Z")
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Ninth Level of Hell - Cocytus! Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level | Score Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Very Low Level 2 (Lustful) | Very High Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Extreme Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Very High Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | Very High Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | Very High Level 7 (Violent) | Extreme Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | High Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | Extreme I’ve been a bad boy, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/59 "2003-04-30T21:15:27Z")
Eek - Fifth Level. I had not realised I was all that curel and vindictive. Wow! Fifth Level of Hell * * * The river Styx runs through this level of Hell, and in it are punished the wrathful and the gloomy. The former are forever lashing out at each other in anger, furious and naked, tearing each other piecemeal with their teeth. The latter are gurgling in the black mud, slothful and sullen, withdrawn from the world. Their lamentations bubble to the surface as they try to repeat a doleful hymn, though with unbroken words they cannot say it. Because you lived a cruel, vindictive and hateful life, you meet your fate in the Styx. ---
**Author:** ![Seraphim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Seraphim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seraphim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083/60 "2003-04-30T22:06:22Z")
4th Level > [@](#): > > Just before the river Styx is the Fourth Level of Hell. Here, the prodigal and the avaricious suffer their punishment, as they roll weights back and forth against one another. You will share eternal damnation with others who either wasted and lived greedily and insatiably, or who stockpiled their fortunes, hoarding everything and sharing nothing. Plutus, the wolf-like demon of wealth, dwells here. Eh, not so bad. Always wanted to squish Bill Gates under a heavy rock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-circle-of-hell-are-you-going-to/172083.md?page=4)