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- Title
Harapha and Baal-zebub / Ashtaroth in Milton's Samson Agonistes.
- Authors
Dahiyat, Eid A.
- Abstract
In an essay written by Jack Goldman, which focused on John Milton's epic poem “Samson Agonistes,” he shows some astonishment at Harapha's invocation at Baalzebub and Ashtaroth. The two gods whom Harapha invokes are not Philistine, but Phoenician, and of this, Milton is well aware. Literary editors generally neglect the connection between Harapha and Baalzebub/Ashtaroth. They simply point out that these details have to do with fertility cults. The purpose of this essay is to show that Harapha, the giant of Gath and the champion of Dagon and Philista, is properly shown invoking Baal-zebub and Ashtaroth.
- Subjects
SAMSON Agonistes (Play : Milton); MILTON, John, 1608-1674; POETRY (Literary form); PHOENICIAN gods; GODS in literature; LITERATURE
- Publication
Milton Quarterly, 1982, Vol 16, Issue 3, p60
- ISSN
0026-4326
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/j.1094-348X.1982.tb00338.x