His righteous Altar, bowing lowly downTo bestial Gods; for which thir heads as low [ 435 ]Bow'd down in Battel, sunk before the SpearOf despicable foes. With these in troopCame Astoreth, whom the Phoenicians call'dAstarte, Queen of Heav'n, with crescent Horns;
And I suspect this is when the evil of the fallen angels began to make them less like angels and more like monsters.
To his grim Idol. Him the AmmoniteWorshipt in Rabba and her watry Plain,In Argob and in Basan, to the streamOf utmost Arnon. Nor content with suchAudacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart [ 400 ]Of Solomon he led by fraud to buildHis Temple right against the Temple of GodOn that opprobrious Hill, and made his Grove
A excellent usage of Pagan imagery to identify some of the demons who have taken portions of the earth as their kingdoms and force humanity to worship.