Pandæmonium (Paradise Lost)
Pandemonium (also: Pandemonium ) is a book from the epic poem Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton in 1667 is described as the "capital of Satan and his colleagues ". .
Description
In the center Pandemoniums is the Palace of Satan, in the midst of Hell, and is home to the worst evils. There, Satan convenes the Council of the demons in order to prepare the apocalypse. The palace said to have been designed by Mulciber, who before his fall palaces in heaven constructed habe.Am end of Book I is said that the city of fallen angels had been built. The palace is surrounded by banks of lava and deep chasms that make it difficult to access this central location. Book II begins with the construction of the Stygian Council, said to have built in about an hour and exceeded all been manmade palaces.
Inside the palace there seems to be the key for a chest to find who is buried in the earth. The same key is suspected in the Garden of Eden, but nothing is mentioned about the contents of the chest.
There is also another book called Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. It is the second part of a trilogy. The first band is called Delirium, the third Requiem. It's about a world in which love is considered a disease, so all must, as soon as they are undergoing brain surgery, after which she will fall in love never 18. The 17 year old Lena is this little intervention soon before, but since they had to witness how her older sister has become after the procedure, she begins to doubt. Then she meets a friendly Alex, and can not understand what is supposed to be bad at love. She flees with Alex to escape the engagement and is soon pursued relentlessly.
Illustration
1823 John Martin was commissioned to illustrate Paradise Lost. He made 24 small and 24 large stitches. In this context, his board Pandemonium arose, which he published in two versions. Another illustration shows Satan, who chairs the council of hell.