At the beginning, Dante gets chased away by the leopard, lion, and she-wolf

It has been a while but after inferno is purgatorio which is a mountain after limbo. Virgil guides Dante up Purgatorio and Beatrice doesn't take over to Paradiso. The meaning of which is reason, which Virgil represents, will only take you do far. Purgatorio is very grueling but differs greatly from Inferno in that the people have hope and they are... See more

When you start the Purgatorio , you'll also realize that when Dante leaves Hell through the lowest circle, he actually ends up in the opposite hemisphere. So sure, he's going down, but his descent will also be a kind of ascent.