Why does Ray Bradbury refer to Dante in his book Fahrenheit 451?

Dante wrote perhaps the greatest science fiction work of
all-time, The Divine Comedy, in which the first part, The
Inferno, shows the narrator's descent into
hell.

Like Dante's Inferno,
Fahrenheit 451 is a science-fiction dystopian work that satirizes a
society suffering from political and artistic hypocrisy.  Also, "fire" is a leif-motif
in both works.  Fire can symbolize both a burning desire for knowledge and the massive
destruction of it.

Montag is akin to Dante, and Faber is
much like Dante's muse Virgil.  So, there's also the green, reluctant knight acting on
the guidance of a more experienced artist.