John Milton, Paradise Lost
Pandemonium
Pandemonium is the high capital of Satan and his peers. Heralds summon leading members from the companies to a great council, crowding the entrances and spacious hall. Satan sits on a throne whose wealth surpasses earthly royal splendour. The magnificence of the meeting gives an infernal project the visible form of a sovereign state.
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Principal account
LiteraryPandemonium is the high capital of Satan and his peers. Heralds summon leading members from the companies to a great council, crowding the entrances and spacious hall.
Further detail
LiterarySatan sits on a throne whose wealth surpasses earthly royal splendour. The magnificence of the meeting gives an infernal project the visible form of a sovereign state.
Context & interpretation
The entry follows the capital’s summons and the opening of the council in Milton’s poem. Pandemonium is a specific literary place here, rather than merely the modern word for confusion.
Original passages
Source 1
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
the high capital Of Satan and his peersOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 38
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- IMJ-0115-E001
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- Recorded leaf number
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Source 2
Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré
a throne of royal stateOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Milton, Paradise Lost, active reader leaf 40
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0115-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0115-E001-P0040
- Original scan leaf
- 41
- Recorded leaf number
- 41
- Current Reader position
- 36
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
