Both Uses of
Babylon
in
Moby Dick
- To have been Belshazzar, King of Babylon; and to have been Belshazzar, not haughtily but courteously, therein certainly must have been some touch of mundane grandeur.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.†
Chpt 124-126
Definition:
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(Babylon) important city of ancient Mesopotamia; on the Euphrates near modern-day Baghdad