In Dante's Inferno, what does the minotaur represent in circle 7?

The minotaur
in circle 7 of Dantes
Inferno has, like much else in ,

been interpreted in various ways.  Anyone seeking full information about any of the
figures in
Dantes work should look for a fully annotated edition of the poem
(such as the one by Charles
Singleton).

Also helpful is a
search of Google Books, and even a regular
Google search can be useful, as
long as one proceeds with caution.  It was a regular Google
search, for
instance, that turned up the following information at
href="http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle7.html">http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle7.html,

one of the very best sites about Dante on the Internet:

The Minotaur, a bull-man who appears on this
broken slope (Inf.
12.11-15), is most likely a guardian
and symbol of the entire circle of violence. Dante . . .
clearly...

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