"Minerva is dark compared to the Prologue: the moral construction of Dante's poem" is a fundamental study written by the famous Italian poet and critic Giovanni Pascoli. In his book, the author considers Dante Alighieri's masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" as an inexhaustible source of moral, philosophical and cultural aspects. Pascoli reveals the secrets of the creation of the poem, examines the role of Minerva - the goddess of wisdom and art, which, according to the author, became a symbol of dark Bikantrian art. The book offers an in-depth analysis of Dante's work, considering his poem as an absolute masterpiece of world literature and philosophy.