Beelzebub

Also known as: bold compeer / next himself in power · Family: Hell · Role: fallen angel and Satan’s compeer · First appears: Book 1

In Book I, Beelzebub is described as next to Satan in power and crime, and as his nearest mate. Having rebelled against God, he laments the defeat that lost them Heaven: “That, with sad overthrow and foul defeat, Hath lost us Heaven”.

At Hell, Beelzebub and Satan resolve to continue opposing God’s purposes and to turn good toward evil. In Book II, the infernal council approves Satan’s plan to target the newly created World, and Beelzebub is among those who assent.

Relationship record

Life events

Satan and Beelzebub resolve to resist God and continue opposing his purposes.(Book1 · 📍 Hell)
- With: Satan
- “Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil; Which ofttimes may succeed so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not, and disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim.”
The infernal council approves Satan’s plan to target the newly created World.(Book2 · 📍 Hell)
- With: Satan
- “The bold design Pleased highly those infernal States, and joy Sparkled in all their eyes: with full assent They vote”

Book 1

with Satan (interaction) “One next himself in power, and next in crime, Long after known in Palestine, and named Beelzebub.”
friends with Satan “Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate”
sovereign: God “Too well I see and rue the dire event, That, with sad overthrow and foul defeat, Hath lost us Heaven”

Book 2

sovereign: God “For he, to be sure, In height or depth, still first and last will reign Sole king, and of his kingdom lose no part By our revolt, but over Hell extend His empire, and with iron sceptre rule Us here, as with his golden those in Heaven.”
with Satan (interaction) “Thus Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel—first devised By Satan”

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Extracted from the original text of Paradise Lost. Made with Rho MD.