Cocytus, Caina Level 1
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LOCATION: LEA18 ARTIST: Frankx Lefavre
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Cocytus The 9th Circle of Hell
In his 14th century poem , The
Inferno, the first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante describes his descent
into hell accompanied by the
poet Virgil.
This hell Dante imagined consisted of 9 circles, the last of which was named Cocytus.
Cocytus is about treachery.
Each of its 4 levels or circles
represents a depth of treachery.
Caina: the first level is named after the biblical
Cain, traitors to family and kindred are here.
Antenora: the second level, after the
Trojan Prince Antenor of Troy, who betrayed his city to the Greeks, traitors
to political entities and countries are here.
Ptolomea: the third level is for those who have betrayed
friends or guest, named after either Ptolemy, the captain of
Jericho who murdered his father-in-law and his two sons after
honouring them with a banquet, or Ptolemy XII, the brother of Cleopatra who arranged the murder of
the Roman general Pompey who was seeking refuge after his defeat at the battle of Pharsalia.
Judecca: the last and fourth level, named after Judas
Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus in the Christian religion is for
the traitors to benefactors and their lords and masters.
On each level the figures are sunk deeper into the ice as the
levels descend.
The sim is covered in mesh so as to give the feel of an underground
world made up of linked caverns each with its own ambiance and
light .
There are 6 separate windlights on LEA18, which if visitors
viewers are set correctly will automatically change as you walk into each new
cavern.
Physics have been applied to most meshes so they can be walked on,
including all the exteriors.
There are some sounds throughout the sim, mainly wind whistling
through the valleys, some mist can also be seen on the lower
levels.
From the landing area, where there are two notice boards, one with a
landmark in it for people to teleport back to the start, proceed across the
bridge into the setting sun, along the ridge and down the stairs into the first
of the caverns, then cross each ice lake as you come to them to find the
entrances to the next levels.
Once again I would like to express my gratitude to the members of the LEA
Council for their support and for the privilege they’ve extended to me with this Artist in Residence grant.
Frankx Lefavre 2015
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