GRGR(10): Jeroboam

[davek]

The Jeroboam is also the name of a ship that the Pequod meets with on the
sea in Moby Dick. One of its members is a prophet of sorts and is disgusted
with Ahab's pursuit of the great white whale having seen it destroy one of
his mates.

http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/moby/moby_071.html

Peter Fellows-McCully wrote:

> A Jeroboam is a size of a bottle, some multiple (not sure which) of the
> standard .75L bottle. Next one up from there is a Methusalem. I think
> they're only used in describing Champagne bottle.
>
> PFM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]On
> > Behalf Of Jeremy Osner
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:10 PM
> > To: p-list
> > Subject: GRGR(10): Jeroboam
> >
> >
> > I never saw a container of champagne referred to as a jeroboam before.
> > Isn't Jeroboam an Old Testament king?
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >