Pandæmonium (Paradise Lost)
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Pandæmonium is the capital of Hell in the epic poem Paradise Lost by the 17th century English poet John Milton.
"Pandæmonium" (American English "Pandemonium") stems from Greek "παν", meaning "all" or "every", and "δαιμόνιον", meaning "little spirit" or "little angel", or, as Christians interpreted it, "little daemon", and later, "demon" (thus roughly translated as "All Demons"); or it can be interpreted as Παν-δαιμον-ειον = "all-demon-place". It is the name invented by John Milton for the capital of Hell, "the High Capital, of Satan and his Peers", built by the fallen angels at the suggestion of Mammon at the end of Book I, Paradise Lost (1667). Book II begins with the debate among the demons in the council-chamber of Pandæmonium. The demons built it in about an hour, but it far surpassed all human palaces or dwellings; it may have been small, though, since the demons are described as shrinking from their titanic size in order to fit in.
John Martin's 1825 engraving "Pandemonium" is normally housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France but is currently visiting at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It will also stop in Georgia before returning to the Louvre
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Pandæmonium can also be found in the anime Chrono Crusade, where Aion and numerous other demons try to free Pandæmonium from some form of heavenly control, Pandæmonium being a major city in hell.
Pandæmonium can also be found in the hit MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing, where it is briefly mentioned several times in the main plot line.
Pandæmonium can also be found in the MMORPG Aion: The Tower of Eternity, where it is the capital city of the Asmodians.
Pandæmonium can also be found in the RPG Final Fantasy II, where it is the final dungeon of the game.
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