Mythology — Minor Figures

4 figures from Paradise Lost who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Leviathan

sea beast · first appears Book 1

• Book 1 · creator: God “That sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th’ ocean-stream.”

Deucalion

mythological king · first appears Book 11

• Book 11 · deity: Themis “Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha, to restore / The race of mankind drowned, before the shrine / Of Themis stood devout.”

Pyrrha

mythological woman · first appears Book 11

• Book 11 · deity: Themis “Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha, to restore / The race of mankind drowned, before the shrine / Of Themis stood devout.”

Themis

goddess · first appears Book 11

• Book 11 · worshipper: Deucalion “Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha, to restore / The race of mankind drowned, before the shrine / Of Themis stood devout.”
• Book 11 · worshipper: Pyrrha “Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha, to restore / The race of mankind drowned, before the shrine / Of Themis stood devout.”

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