person
Samson
also: Sámson
The Israelite hero of Judges 13–16, gifted with supernatural strength; his betrayal by Delilah is cited as the archetypal image of masculine power yielding naturally to feminine charm.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Samson lays his head in Delilah's lap
The biblical story (Judges 16) in which the Israelite strongman Samson betrays the secret of his strength to the Philistine Delilah; Madách uses it as the archetypal image of masculine power yielding momentarily to feminine charm.