My take on Dante:
The Divine Comedy is divided into The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso. I note that most people praise The Inferno, but never really read the remaining 2/3 of the work. I also like the first 1/3rd, but I’m not impressed that much with the other two books.
In my view, then, Dante is being lauded for a smallish portion of his “greatest” work. But in fairness, the same could probably be said of the works of many creators.
…and Theodore Sturgeon’s law states it’s a universal truth.