Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral · Character
Goliath of Gath
The Philistine giant whose fury is quenched by death, his head carried in triumph and his armour left as a trophy in David's tent.
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Also known as Gath, Goliath, Myself
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The Philistine giant who challenges the Israelite army and is slain by David.
Goliath of Gath is the towering threat whose boasts and curses fill the battlefield until David's sling silences him. His defeat is not merely military but moral: fury quenched by death, the load of armour stripped and displayed as proof of divine favour. He matters because his fall establishes the pattern the collection returns to — the small, the young, the unlikely chosen to topple the proud.
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- Mythological and Classical Figures
- Protagonist
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