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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
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Subject: Re: To Reign in Hell (I liked it)
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> Dennis L. McKiernan
> ...ihnp4!cbuxc!dim
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> PS:  Back in the dim recesses of my mind, I seem to remember
> that Milton drew upon but a single line in the Bible to
> weave his original tale.  You see, in the elder days,
> Lucifer (light-bringer) was the name given to the
> morning star. And some biblical person (a king?)
> glanced up at the morning stars and espying Lucifer
> says something like, "O mighty Lucifer, how far thou hast
> fallen from heaven."  The king(?) was simply refering
> to the nearness of the dawn, but Milton took this line
> and based the entire mythos of the heavenly revolt
> upon it...
>                                   DLMcK
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Thanks.  Your information is more complete than
mine.  It is true that the above mentioned quote
is the way that Lucifer became associated with
Satan, but I didn't know that Milton was the
instrument of this.  I had assumed the mistake
to have been made before his time.
		-- SKZB