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Roman Literature:

A classic Roman use of "Lucifer" appears in Virgil's Georgics (III, 324-5):

Luciferi primo cum sidere frigida rura
carpamus, dum mane novum, dum gramina canent"

"Let us hasten, when first the Morning Star appears,
To the cool pastures, while the day is new, while the grass is dewy"

 

Also, in Ovid's Metamorphoses, he writes:

"Aurora, watchful in the reddening dawn, threw wide her crimson doors and rose-filled halls; the Stars took flight, in marshalled order set by Lucifer, who left his station last."

 

Other Literature:

Paradise Lost, by John Milton:

Lucifer is a key protagonist in John Milton's Protestant epic, Paradise Lost. Milton presents Lucifer almost sympathetically, an ambitious and prideful angel who defies God and wages war on heaven, only to be defeated and cast down.
Lucifer must then employ his rhetorical ability to organize hell; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Later, Lucifer enters the Garden of Eden, where he successfully tempts Eve, wife of Adam, to eat fruit from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil.

 

Anime/Manga:

Angel Sanctuary, by Kaori Yuki:

Lucifer: was once known as the angel Lucifel, however, once he
"fell" from heaven his name was changed to "Lucifer." (Only angels can have the
"el" at the end of their names). He is the twin older brother of Michael. He
rebelled against heaven long ago and many angels followed him into hell. Now he is King of Hell. His body became "one" with the land in hell, so that if anything happens to him it happens to the land as well.