| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| | | Da’gon (Hebrew, Jag On, the fish On). | | |
The idol of the Philistines; half woman and half fish. (See ATERGATA.)
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| “Dagon his name; sea-monster, upward man |
| And downward fish; yet had his temple high |
| Rear’d in Azo’ous dreaded through the coast |
| Of Palestine, in Gath and As’calon, |
| And Accaron and Gaza’s frontier bounds.” | |
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Milton: Paradise Lost, book i. 462. |
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