Ithuriel by Evelyn de MorganIn the poem Paradise Lost IV, 778, 788, John Milton refers to Ithuriel a
Ithuriel by Evelyn de MorganIn the poem Paradise Lost IV, 778, 788, John Milton refers to Ithuriel as a cherub (“mistakenly,” says Gershom Scholem) who, along with the angel Zephon, is dispatched by Gabriel to locate Satan. The “grieslie King” is discovered in the Garden of Eden “squat like a Toad close at the ear of Eve.” By touching Satan with his spear, Ithuriel causes the Tempter to resume his proper likeness. -- source link
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