Note 147 — Scene IV.—The Hall ofArimanes.[144]—Arimanes on his Throne, a Globe of Fire,[145] surrounded by the Spirits.
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{115}[Astarte is the classical form (vide Cicero, De Naturâ Deorum, iii. 23, and Lucian, De Syriâ Deâ, iv.) of Milton's
"Moonéd Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen and mother both."
Cicero says that she was married to Adonis, alluding, no doubt, to the myth of the Phoenician Astoreth, who was at once the bride and mother of Tammuz or Adonis.]