John Milton, Paradise Lost
Mammon in Paradise Lost
Mammon’s attention was already downward in Heaven, admiring the gold of its pavement more than divine things. He leads the company that extracts infernal wealth for the rebels’ new construction. In council his proposal favours peace and the founding of a lower empire over another direct battle. Fear of thunder and Michael’s sword helps make the plan attractive to the host.
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Principal account
LiteraryMammon’s attention was already downward in Heaven, admiring the gold of its pavement more than divine things. He leads the company that extracts infernal wealth for the rebels’ new construction.
Further detail
LiteraryIn council his proposal favours peace and the founding of a lower empire over another direct battle. Fear of thunder and Michael’s sword helps make the plan attractive to the host.
Context & interpretation
The entry follows the mining and council episodes of Milton’s Mammon. His depiction of the origin of mining is a poetic moral explanation, not a documented technological history.
Original passages
Source 1
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
The riches of heaven's pavementOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 36
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Source 2
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
To found this nether empireOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 50
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- IMJ-0115-E001
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- IMJ-0115-E001-P0050
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- 51
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