Virgil is an appropriate guide for dante at the beginning of the divine comedy because he select all that apply.
is a pagan
is dante's mentor
knows the way to paradise
describes hell in the aeneid

is Dante's mentor

describes Hell in The Aeneid

Explanation:

The virtues and the Nobel characteristics which Virgil had makes him a perfect Roman. Virgil becomes very protective of Dante as the story progresses. He warns Dante, teaches him and gives him advice about the functions of Hell and working of it. Virgil would step forward in case of any difficult situation and allow Dante to stay behind and wait for him. He was the spiritual guide of Dante to his journey of hell.

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

yes you could be a life guard if that the question.