Would like information on the  River Phlegethon (River of Fire) as it pertains to Dante's Inferno?
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In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon ("[river of] fire") was one of the five rivers of the underworld. It flowed with fire that burned but did not consume fuel. In the Divine Comedy the river is made of boiling blood and is part of the seventh circle of hell, containing the shades of tyrants, murderers, robbers and those guilty of sins involving violence against others. Virgil mentions Phlegethon with the other infernal rivers in the Aeneid, Book VI, 265, 551.
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polution their is a river that actulay cought on fire in clevland, back in the sixtys
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Philosophy:\nWater is the elixir of life.\nWhile Fire is the begining (of pain & struggle).\n\nScience:\nFor Fire to happen u need Source, Fuel and Heat as described in a Fire triangle.\nWater removes the heat whereby the triangle is incomplete and Fire is extinguished.
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famous 1902 volcanic eruption, most of the damage i seem to remeber being caused by a pyroclastic flow, killed about 27,000 people. I'm not sure if that is a myth or not!
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Look for "The Devil's Apocrypha" on Amazon.com.
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We used to meet there & Devil worship in the 70's. Frightening stuff! A couple of people died there!
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Look on Wikipedia.  Start with Rome, and if you are referring to the Collisseum, just search for that.  There is a lot of information there.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River
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Obviously, proof is a little hard here. It is quite impossible for anyone to PROVE they know anything about this topic.\n\nTry reading Dante's "The Divine Comedy". It is quite intriguing to say the least.
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Cowards \nThis idea of a marginal place--inside the gate of hell but before the river Acheron--for souls neither good enough for heaven nor evil enough for hell proper is a product of Dante's imagination, pure and simple. Possible theological justification for Dante's invention may be found in Apocalypse (Revelation) 3:16: "But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." Included among these cowardly souls--also known as fence-sitters, wafflers, opportunists, and neutrals--are the angels who refused to choose between God and Lucifer. What does this original idea say about Dante's view of human behavior and its relation to the afterlife? What might Dante's conception of this region imply about hell proper and its eternal inhabitants? \n\nGate of Hell \nIt is not until the beginning of canto 3 that Dante finally enters hell-- at least its outer region--by passing through a gateway. The inscription above this gate--ending with the famous warning to "abandon all hope"-- establishes Dante's hell as a creation not of evil and the devil but rather of his Christian God, here expressed in terms of the Trinity: Father (Divine Power), Son (Highest Wisdom), and Holy Spirit (Primal Love). \n\nCharon \nIn the classical underworld (Hades), which Dante knew best from book 6 of Virgil's Aeneid, Charon is the pilot of a boat that transports shades of the dead--newly arrived from the world above--across the waters into the lower world. Like Virgil's Charon (Aen. 6.298-304; 384-416), Dante's ferryman is an irascible old man--with white hairs and fiery eyes-- who at first objects to taking a living man (Aeneas, Dante) on his boat. In each case, the protagonist's guide--the Sybil for Aeneas, Virgil for Dante--provides the proper credentials for gaining passage on Charon's boat. \n \nTerza Rima \nThis is the rhyme scheme that Dante invents for the 14,233 lines of his poem. Literally translated as "third rhyme," this pattern means that the middle verse of a given tercet (a group of three lines) rhymes with the first and third verses of the next tercet. For example, in the verses of Inferno 3 describing the gate of hell, dolore (2) rhymes with fattore (4) and amore (6), podestate (5) rhymes with create (7) and intrate (9), and so on. Terza rima can thus be expressed with the following formula: aba bcb cdc ded . . . xyx yzyz. A mathematical consequence of this pattern is that the number of lines in any given canto is always a multiple of three with one left over. \n \nAnaphora \nDante occasionally repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of successive verses or tercets (units of three verses) to drive home a point. Inferno 3 opens with a striking example of this poetic device (called anaphora): Dante begins the first three verses containing the words written above the gate of hell with the phrase Per me si va . . . ("Through me one goes . . ."). How does this use of anaphora contribute to the overall tone and meaning of the inscription (Inf. 3.1-9) and to the reaction of Dante and Virgil to the ominous words (Inf. 3.10-18)? \n \n"Great Refusal" \nFrom among the cowardly fence-sitters, Dante singles out only the shade of one who made "the great refusal" (Inf. 3.60). In fact, he says that it was the sight of this one shade--unnamed yet evidently well known--that confirmed for him the nature of all the souls in this region. The most likely candidate for this figure is Pope Celestine V. His refusal to perform the duties required of the pope (he abdicated five months after his election in July 1294) allowed Benedetto Caetani to become Pope Boniface VIII, the man who proved to be Dante's most reviled theological, political, and personal enemy. An alternative candidate is Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who refused to pass judgment on Jesus. Why does Dante refuse to name any of the shades--including t
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Does the building have a name?  Google it.  Do you know the date of the fire?  Perhaps look it up in archives at the library or online.
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I did a research project once on natural gas.  I found eternal flames to be very interesting.  An eternal flame is a flame that constantly burns; it is fed by a supply of natural gas (usually the supply is trapped between layers of shale).  I visited an example of an eternal flame in Chestnut Ridge Regional Park in New York State.  It is located underneath a waterfall...you should look up pictures of it.  It's really neat and would add to your report!  A good website is: www.pbase.com/calanan/eternal for pictures.
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i don't know, read Dantes Inferno
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I'd start with the NAFAA (North American Fire Arts Association). If you happen to be in the right area, the crucible and the burning man festival may be useful too.
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see http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Poena.html
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Job 41:19-21 says of Leviathan that, "Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goes smoke as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth." \n\nand BTW. I'm an atheist who knows the Bible, apparently better than the four Christians above who clearly don't.
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Remember PAGGLES\nPride\nAnger\nGreed\nGluttony\nLust\nEnvy\nSloth\n\nThey're not in the bible presented this way. Detailed in this manner -- not the "paggles" which is only a mnemonic to help remember them -- as a group of seven, they are in Dante's "Inferno", in the "Purgatorio" section.\n\n"From there, Virgil guides Dante Pilgrim through the seven terraces of Purgatory. These correspond to the seven deadly sins, each terrace causing the purging of a particular sin in an appropriate manner:\n\n    * Terrace 1: Pride, by carrying a heavy weight on their backs. The wearer is unable to stand up straight (Cantos 10 through 12).\n    * Terrace 2: Envy, by having one's eyes sewn shut, and wearing clothing that makes the soul indistinguishable from the ground (Cantos 13 through 15).\n    * Terrace 3: Wrath, by walking around in acrid smoke (Cantos 15 through 17).\n    * Terrace 4: Sloth, by continually running (Cantos 18 and 19).\n    * Terrace 5: Avarice, by lying face-down on the ground (Cantos 19 through 21).\n    * Terrace 6: Gluttony, by abstaining from any food or drink (Cantos 22 through 24).\n    * Terrace 7: Lust, by burning in an immense wall of flames (Cantos 25 through 27)."(1)