Divine Comedy' (7 letters) Dante Work is a term used to refer to the works of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. His most famous work is the Divine Comedy, which is an epic poem divided into three parts: INFERNO, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. INFERNO is the first part of the Divine Comedy and is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of world literature. It tells the story of Dante's journey through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. The poem is written in the Tuscan dialect of Italian and is composed of 100 cantos.