“To Warn Proud Cities”: a Topical Reference in Milton’s “Airy Knights” Simile (Paradise Lost II.531-8)

By John Leonard

In Paradise Lost II.531-8 modern editors often see an allusion to Josephus’ account of armies appearing in the sky shortly before the fall of Jerusalem. In fact, reports of spectral soldiers and aerial battles were quite common in…

তালিকাভুক্ত Article | গোষ্ঠী দ্বারা প্রকাশনা Iter Community

Preview publication

সংস্করণ 1.0 - প্রকাশিত উপরে 19 May 2025

লাইসেন্সকৃত Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0