CLT3378 Exam 2 Study Guide Gilgamesh king of Uruk treats his people badly built walls around city of Unug kills Humbaba wants to become immortal 2 3 divine 1 3 human son of goddess Ninsun and father Lugalbanda Unug city where Gilgamesh lives Akkadian spoke Hebrew like languages not as advanced as Sumerians Uruk city where Gilgamesh lives according to Akkadians Bilgames Sumerian name for Gilgamesh possible that Buluqiya was derived from Bilgames Ninsun goddess mother of Gilgamesh Lugalbanda King of Unug before Gilgamesh took over mortal human but was deified became a god after he died Epic of Gilgamesh 12 tablets Babylonian Utnapishtim flood myth on part of tablet 11 Belit ili aka Mami Nintu forms Gilgamesh s body with stature and beauty Enkidu created by Aruru Belit ili after Anu asked Gilgamesh s 2nd self equal made from lump of clay and wilderness hairy wild uncivilized becomes more civilized after sleeping with Shamhat for 6 days and 7 nights dies after gods agree he must die for killing Humbaba and the Bull of Heavem Second Self equivalent to hero 2nd self always dies excluding Wiglaf in Beowulf Shamhat prostitute sleeps with Enkidu for 6 days and 7 nights later cursed which is then lifted by Enkidu Ishtar goddess of sexual desire and war daughter of Anu wants to sleep with Gilgamesh but is rejected and sends Bull of Heaven Humbaba giant protector of the pine forest given by Ellil killed by Gilgamesh says deathbed curse Ellil god of earth and wind made Utnapishtim immortal Shamash sun god sends 4 winds to Gilgamesh to kill Humbaba Bull of Heaven bull sent by Ishtar to destroy city of Uruk killed by Gilgamesh while Enkidu held his tail Utnapishtim immortal human who lives at earths edge underworld like place tells Gilgamesh of flood gives him sleep test offers plant that restores youth Siduri alewife beer seller tells Gilgamesh to find Urshanabi Urshanabi ferryman across sea Gilgamesh s guide to Utnapishtim and back home to Uruk Apsu binatural fresh water god lover of Tiamat First in Babylonian creation plant that restores youth in Gilgamesh is at the bottom of the Apsu Ring composition begin and end with same thing Uruk s walls to Uruk s walls in Gilgamesh Nature represents Enkidu wilderness nature Culture represents Gilgamesh city culture culture triumphs over nature Structuralism modern critical theory the human mind thinks of things in binary opposites love hate nature culture Tale of Buluqiya one of 300 stories in the Thousand and One Nights The Thousand and One Nights aka Arabian Nights Arabic collection of stories told by Scheherazade Arabian Nights another name for The Thousand and One Nights Arabic Arab language Islam the religious faith of muslims Sassanid Empire that claimed decent from the Persian empire Frame story Sassanians Shahriar the Sultan had the Sultaness killed because she was commiting adultury begins marrying virgins and killing them the next morning Sultan king had the Sultaness killed because she was commiting adultury begins marrying virgins and killing them the next morning Vizier right hand man trustee high official in Muslim countries father of Shahrazad Scheherazade vizier s daughter volunteers to marry the sultan to stop murders tells 300 stories in Thousand and One Nights Shahrazad vizier s daughter volunteers to marry the sultan to stop murders tells 300 stories in Thousand and One Nights Sulaiman dead prophet who originally has ring which gives wearer god like power on his finger in a tomb on Isle of 7 Seas Isle of Seven Seas where ring is on finger of Sulaiman in tomb Yamlika queen narrator to Hasib tries to talk Affan and Buluquiya out of getting the ring suggests a plant that gives eternal youth but not immortality Affan sage Buluquiya s guide turns to dust dies after Buluqiya says protection spell backwards Hasib Yamlika is narrating to Hasib Imbedded narrative story within a story represented in The Tale of Buluqiya when Queen Yamlika is narrator to Hasib Allah muslim name for god monotheistic Trojan War 10 year long battle between the Trojans and Greeks Peleus mortal King of Phthia husband of Thetis father of Achilles human Thetis wife of Peleus Nereid sea nymph daughter of sea god mother of Achilles Eris goddess of strife and discord crashes wedding of Peleus and Thetis because she was not invited rolls a golden apple on the ground and says its for the most beautiful woman Zeus won t decide Paris decides chooses Aphrodite Hera goddess of marriage offers Paris political power Athena goddess of wisdom offers Paris military glory Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty offers Paris the most beautiful woman in the world Paris gives apple to her Paris aka Alexander shepherd prince of Troy gives apple to Aphrodite steals Helen Alexander aka Paris Troy city where Trojan war took place between Trojans and Greeks Menelaus King of Sparta husband of Helen Helen most beautiful woman in the world wife to King Menelaus Queen of Sparta stolen by Paris Sparta Greek city Menelaus and Helen before she goes to Troy rule Xenos greek word for guest host Paris breaches hospitality after stealing Helen Xenia greek word for hospitality Paris breaches hospitality after stealing Helen Agamemnon brother of Menelaus king of Mycenae leads Greeks in war Mycenae city in Greece run by king Agamemnon Homer wrote the Iliad Iliad epic poem about Ilium Troy Ilium word meaning Troy in medias res latin for in the middle of things written by Horace Roman poet beginning of 9th year of Trojan War Greeks called themselves Hellenes post Homeric Hellenes what Greeks called themselves Achaeans what Homer called the Greeks Apollo god of music pro trojan disguises himself as Agenor to lure Achilles away from Trojan walls sends plague to Greeks until Chryseis is returned to Chryses Chryses priest of Apollo father of Chryseis tried to ransom for his daughter Agamemnon refuses prays to Apollo to send plague until he gets his daughter back Chryseis daughter of Chryses Agamemnon s war prize Calchas Greek seer says that Agamemnon must give Chryses his daughter Chryseis back or else the plague sent by Apollo will not be lifted Geras gerata war prizes spoils of war the more gerata more time tim ay meaning honor Time Tim ay means honor many wanted honor while they were alive Achilles greatest greek warrior son of Peleus and Thetis kills Hector Briseis Achilles geras war prize Nestor aged King of Pylos mediator advisor between Agamemnon and Achilles says in my day men were better than now his
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