Porphyry (Πορφύριος) was the name of a sixth-century whale, who in his fifty-year career became famous for sinking ships and/or dragging them off course near Constantinople, in the age of Justinian.
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tbf it's too easy: if it's about a whale and it was in writing before 1850, you can bet your life it's in Moby Dick
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Heh, yes totally. I’m reading moby dick now for the first time in decades and loving it
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