Goliathery

He was a giant in stature, but somewhat more modest in wit. He was a feared name in the league of bullies and extortionists.

And he never existed. Probably. Goliath was that imposing, fear-inducing figure in the book about antiquity in the Near East. And about the legend of a rather slight man named David.

The story doesn’t even need to be true, as long as it tells of courage, of the absurd, and of not giving up. And that is already more than many another story is willing to l…