i really need this answer by the end of the day for tomorrow. please help me.
2006-10-23 08:11:33 · 12 answers · asked by brandon p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i think that sign hangs over my office as i enter it each day..
2006-10-23 09:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The supposed inscription at the entrance to Hell.
Origin
divine comedy - hell from Dante's Divine Comedy. The translation into English by H.F.Cary is the origin for this English phrase, although he gave it as the less commonly used 'All hope abandon ye who enter here'.
Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Such characters in colour dim I mark'd
Over a portal's lofty arch inscrib'd:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import
2006-10-23 15:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by tampico 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is from Dante's Inferno. Dante's description of the gates of Hell include the passage "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here" inscribed on the gates.
2006-10-23 15:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by robtheman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention...
2006-10-23 15:14:19 · answer #4 · answered by ::ponders:: 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was posted at the gates of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy (the Inferno).
2006-10-23 15:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by asoneill99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the phrase over the gates of hell in Dantes Inferno (the book)
2006-10-23 15:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by nicole 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It comes from Dante's Inferno, and was supposed to be a sign above the gate of hell.
2006-10-23 15:15:03 · answer #7 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dante -- The inscription at the entrance of Hell
Terry
2006-10-23 15:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first person who ever ate at a Dennys' is my first guess.
Seriously, though, I think it was Dante in PARADISE LOST. Why don't you google it?
2006-10-23 15:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by dingobluefoot 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've heard it too, thing of it is I'd really like to say Parris Island, but don't hold me to it.
2006-10-23 15:14:30 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋