John Milton, Paradise Lost
Ithuriel
Gabriel sends Ithuriel with Zephon to examine the garden and the human bower. Their task is to find an intruder who may be working harm while the pair sleep. Ithuriel touches the concealed enemy lightly with his spear. The poem says celestial contact forces falsehood to return to its own likeness, and Satan springs into his revealed shape.
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Principal account
LiteraryGabriel sends Ithuriel with Zephon to examine the garden and the human bower. Their task is to find an intruder who may be working harm while the pair sleep.
Further detail
LiteraryIthuriel touches the concealed enemy lightly with his spear. The poem says celestial contact forces falsehood to return to its own likeness, and Satan springs into his revealed shape.
Context & interpretation
The entry concerns Ithuriel’s search and disclosure in Paradise Lost. The spear’s property belongs to Milton’s literary scene, and it is not a practical claim about detecting falsehood.
Original passages
Source 1
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
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Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 130
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Source 2
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
Touched lightlyOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 131
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0115-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0115-E001-P0131
- Original scan leaf
- 132
- Recorded leaf number
- 132
- Current Reader position
- 127
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Continue exploring
Gabriel in Paradise Lost
The guardian who organises the night watch around Eden.
Shared source pageZephon
The angel who answers Satan’s scorn and brings the intruder before Gabriel.
Same subject and traditionAbdiel
The solitary seraph who refuses the rebellion and returns through hostile scorn.
Same subject and traditionMichael in Paradise Lost
The prince of the celestial armies whose sword first wounds Satan.