Dante depicts the deepest part of Hell as a frozen lake. (Hell is frozen over.) Satan is frozen up to his chest. The center of the earth is either Satan's navel, or his penis, depending on the interpretation.
Dante and Virgil climb down through the center of the earth, and have to turn over and start climbing up when they pass the halfway point.
Dante occasionally used poetic license, but if the Bible had stated definitively that the core was hot, it's doubtful he would have contradicted that. (Dante knew more about the Bible than most people.)
Dante and Virgil climb down through the center of the earth, and have to turn over and start climbing up when they pass the halfway point.
Dante occasionally used poetic license, but if the Bible had stated definitively that the core was hot, it's doubtful he would have contradicted that. (Dante knew more about the Bible than most people.)
