Peor and Baalim
Forsake their temples dim.

These lines occur in John Milton’s epic poem *Paradise Lost* during the catalogue of fallen angels. Milton names “Peor” and “Baalim” as pagan deities associated with the Israelites’ apostasies in the Hebrew Bible (notably in Numbers and Judges). In the poem, such gods are reimagined as devils who, after their defeat and expulsion from Heaven, later receive worship on earth under false names. The phrase “Forsake their temples dim” evokes the abandonment or spiritual emptiness of their shrines in contrast to the true worship Milton’s Christian epic upholds.