Round is named after Cain, who killed his own brother in the first act of murder (Gen. 4:8).

Traitors of Kin.

Frozen in the lake up to their heads, teeth chattering.

Cold and lack of movement mean a lacking of soul, which is needed, according to dante, for a sacred betrayal.

Bocca, an Italian Traitor, Dante tears out some of his hair.

Second round is named after Antenor, a Trojan soldier who betrayed his city to the Greeks.

Traitors to country or party.

Have their heads above the ice, but they cannot bend their necks.

Cold and lack of movement mean a lacking of soul, which is needed, according to dante, for a sacred betrayal.

Ugolino, who eats the head of Ruggieri, for imprisoning him and his sons.

Third region of Cocytus is named after Ptolemy, who invited his father-in-law Simon Maccabaeus and his sons to a banquet and then killed them (1 Maccabees 16)

Traitors to their Guests.

Lie supine in the ice while their tears freeze in their eye sockets, sealing them with small visors of crystal – even the comfort of weeping is denied them.

Cold and lack of movement mean a lacking of soul, which is needed, according to dante, for a sacred betrayal.

Fra Alberigo, one of the Jovial Friars and a native of Faenza, who asks Dante to remove the visor of ice from his eyes.

Fourth division of Cocytus, named for Judas Iscariot

Traitors to their Lords and benefactors.

All are fully encapsulated in ice, distorted and twisted in every conceivable position.

Cold and lack of movement mean a lacking of soul, which is needed, according to dante, for a sacred betrayal.

The sinners present an image of utter immobility: it is impossible to talk with any of them.