Flat Earther Society and Dante

[Brian Densmore]

I never said it was "The Divine Comedy" by Dante.
I also don't remember where I saw the story noting
the exact fiction supposedly responsible for the myth.
Also, note that the "people in Columbus' time thought
the Earth was flat" myth is a recent invention.
Probably dates to the 19th century and the Flat Earth 
Society. I don't know for certain, when it came about.
Might make an interesting Linux webcrawling macro.

[This is not to say that in all the ages there were not
proponents of a Flat Earth model, hell someone even proposed
the Earth was a trapezoid. They just weren't the predominant
belief, after Pliny proved the Earth was spherical that is.]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dustin Decker 
> Subject: Flat Earther Society and Dante
> 
> 
> 
> If one reads "The Divine Comedy" (The work by Dante Alighieri 
> cited in this
> post) you will find this is not true.