Satan
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The cunning, determined, rhetorically skillful Odysseus, long absent from his kingdom after a devastating war, becomes the devilishly clever Satan, cast down from his original home after the angelic civil war in heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a memorable tagline, Satan said, “I just don’t want this year to end.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Using concepts from modern meteoritics, Burbery suggests that Dante portrayed Satan as a massive high-speed impactor striking the Southern Hemisphere and driving straight toward Earth's core.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
It’s no great surprise, therefore, that wherever Satan has appeared, audiences and critics have found it all too easy to take his side.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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