the.com/divine comedy

means A three-part epic poem by Dante Alighieri that journeys through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, charting the soul's path toward God.

from Dante called it simply 'Comedìa' — in medieval terms a 'comedy' wasn't about laughs, it just meant a story that starts grim and ends happily (the opposite was 'tragedy'), and it was written in everyday Italian rather than formal Latin. The word 'Divine' wasn't his — it was tacked on by admirers, notably in later printed editions, as a tribute to the poem's subject and its sheer achievement. So the title is really a fan's upgrade to the author's modest label.