{"date":"April 16","id":"04-16","intro":["The city of Dis, within the gates of Hell, was guarded by monsters and surrounded by a moat filled with the tormented. Dante, protected by Virgil, entered the forbidden city, and viewed sights never before seen by living man."],"minutes":11,"readings":[{"author":"Dante Alighieri","end":39,"start":32,"volume":20,"work":"Divine Comedy"}],"slug":"april-16","status":"proofread","title":"Inside the Gates of Hell","url":"/harvard-classics/april-16/","words":2152}