The name carries a weight of obsession and moral conflict, most famously embodied by a vengeful sea captain, an ancient king, and even a popular fountain pen. The Literary Icon: Captain Ahab
In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick , Captain Ahab is the monomaniacal commander of the whaling ship Pequod . The name carries a weight of obsession and
: Outside the Bible, he is noted in the Kurkh Monolith for contributing a massive force of chariots to a coalition against the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III. Modern References Noodler's Ahab Flex Writing Test an ancient king