Paradise Paradise was an old Europe an name for the ideally beautiful place of peace and bliss which was Human kind ' s natural and original home . In Christianity , the word was also associated with the realm of God and the Angel s where the faithful could enjoy a non - corporeal afterlife . In both senses , the word makes a good metaphor for any very pleasant spot , especially one which is secluded or remote , like a planet . History . In the 17th century John Milton , an English Christian , anti - monarchist , and Cambridge - educated Latin and Greek linguist , wrote the epic poems " Paradise Lost " and " Paradise Regained " . ( ) In 2267 , Khan Noonien Singh , assuring James T . Kirk that he could tame Ceti Alpha V , asked if he had read Milton . Kirk clarified this reference for Montgomery Scott , telling him that when Milton ' s Lucifer fell into the Pit he stated " " It is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven . " " ( ) Later that year , Spock expressed his concern that the humanoid s of Gamma Trianguli VI had been " driven out of paradise " by Kirk ' s actions there . The two then discussed the mythic role of Satan . ( ) Also in 2267 , the planet Nimbus III , near the Romulan Neutral Zone , was settled by the United Federation of Planets ( UFP ) . The capital was named Paradise City . Twenty years later , graffiti at the city ' s entrance quoted Milton . ( ) In 2269 , the Gideon Hodin submitted a physio - cultural report to the UFP that falsely described his planet as a paradise . ( ) In 2370 , Gideon Seyetik , the famous terraformer , boasted that he had made the planet New Halana into a paradise . ( ) Also in 2370 , Deanna Troi showed Cairn visitors the arboretum and quoted Milton to them : " " Flowers of all hue , and without thorn the rose . " " ( ) Late in 2370 , Benjamin Sisko led a party from Deep Space 9 to an M - class planet in the Gamma Quadrant . It had vegetation , fish , and insects but no large animals or predators , leading Sisko to describe it as Paradise . ( ) In 2371 , Dukat said that the orbiting Terok Nor was a paradise compared to the surface of Bajor during the Occupation . ( ) In 2374 , Odo referred to the Great Link as Paradise – a state of being for which he was not yet ready . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Etymology . The word " paradise " comes down to us thanks to Xenophon , a Greek historian and contemporary of Plato . In the 4th century BC he wrote up his adventures as a mercenary late in the previous century under a Persia n prince . He recorded the particular custom of that country ' s gentry , recommended to them by their Zoroastrian religion , of maintaining arbors , or private tree parks . Xenophon gave these arbors the name " paradeisos " – a use of , since the word in its original Persian context meant only the perimeter walls that enclosed the arbors . The historian ' s borrowing with its altered meaning thus entered the mass of Greek literature and language . This and many other aspects of Greek culture were later propagated all around the eastern Mediterranean by the conquering immortal Flint , known to Humans of the period as Alexander . ( ) In Egypt a hundred years further on , scholars translating the sacred book of " Genesis " into Greek settled on " paradeisos " as a way to represent Eden , the home of the first Humans in the Jewish creation myth . The sojourning Sahndara ns , if they had not already felt " " the death of the Greek culture which they idolized , " " would soon do so and depart the planet to settle on Platonius . In the 1st millennium AD the Greek version of Genesis became part of Christian canon . The word was borrowed again for the subsequent Latin Genesis and so spread throughout the Roman Empire . In the 13th century the word " paradise " was first borrowed into written English . ( ) Episode titles . With its twin meanings , paradise is a powerful idea within and without the " Star Trek " universe . The word crops up in several episode titles :