Milton's Paradise Lost is a brilliant work worth reading, but it is not an easy read.

The theme and several references were familiar due to my Greek Christian cultural background which made it easier to understand; however, I found the language very difficult, especially in the first pages that I had to read them several times to even start understanding who was talking, when, and what was happening.

Eventually, I got used to the language and style, and it flowed easier, but I still needed to highlight every time a character spoke and I needed a dictionary on more words than I can count, some of which they were not even in the dictionary and I had to figure them out from the context or roots of the word. Also, the long lists of mixed Roman and Greek ancient references (many unknown to me) felt dull and possibly unnecessary to that extend.
It was annoying, albeit the knowledge interesting, to interrupt my reading each time to find out the name or place he was mentioning.

Nevertheless, I am impressed with Milton's incredible talent to basically take a few bible verses and summarize in this long epic poem the most fundamental biblical themes by imagining a whole world in details written with such brilliant descriptions, narration, and dialogues.

Paradise Regained...