CLAA06H3 Chapter 13-15: Chapter 13-15 Review
22 Feb 2014
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Claa06h3: humans are the protagonists, not gods, narrative about events in the human, not divine, past. Homer: noble- born male who"s alive. Later: noble figure from the distant past: object of hero cults. Heroa (hero n: bronze age earthen mounds. S ma: cults and tumuli of alyattes, achilles, theseus , fig. And then carved his story on stone: gilgamesh abused his royal power, aruru sent a rival, enkidu. The one who knew all i will tell about. He saw the great mystery, he knew the hidden: He recovered the knowledge of all the times before the flood. He journeyed beyond the distant, he journeyed beyond exhaustion, The one who saw all [sha nagba imuru] i will declare to the world, Gilgamesh and ishtar: the land of the living (land of cedars) Gilgamesh rebuffs and reviles her: anu, the bull of heaven, enkidu"s dream, enkidu"s death from illness, fig. Gilgamesh kills the bull of heaven.
