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Abdiel denounces Satan after hearing him incite revolt among the angels, and abandons Lucifer to bring the news of his defection to God.

However, when he arrives, he finds that preparations are already underway for battle.

In the ensuing fight, Abdiel smites Satan, Ariel, Ramiel, and Arioch, presumably among others.

In Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost, Isaac Asimov theorized that Abdiel was in fact a representation of Milton himself.

Likewise, in Cyder, Ambrose Philips refers to Milton as " that other bard " and contrasts Milton to his character Abdiel.