Epic of Gilgamesh Akkadian Tale Gilgamesh King of Sumerian city Unug Son of goddess Ninsu and King Lugalbanda Was 2 3 divine and a legendary mythical figure hero Oppressed his people Arrogant Unug Akkadian city Was ruled and it s people were oppressed by Gilgamesh Akkadian language spoken by people from the Sumerian region Written on cuneiform tablets Uruk also known as the city Unug Bilgames Another name for Gilgamesh Ninsun Goddess and mother of Gilgamesh Queen of Uruk alongside Lugalbanda Lugalbanda Father of Gilgamesh Deified after death making Gilgames 2 3 divine Epic of Gilgamesh akkadian story of King Gilgamesh written on 12 cuneiform tablets Tales Gilgamesh as he and Enkidu travel to kill Humbaba Belit ili another name for goddess Mami Nintu She shapes the body of Gilgamesh to perfection when creating him Creates Enkidu Enkidu created by Belit ili in response to people prayers Is a wild man but an equal to Gilgamesh in strength Hero s second self second self refers to a common theme in stories that the main hero has a second self which is usually a best friend and a close equal This is Enkidu to Gilgamesh or Patraculus to Achilles Shamhat Prostitute given to Enkidu who helps him transition from wild man to civilization She is part of the trap for Enkidu set by the hunter and they sleep together for 6 days and 7 nights which is significant Ishtar Goddess of Sexual desire Wants to be with Gilgamesh but is rejected because bad things always happen to her lovers Humbaba Is a giant who is given a job by Ellil to protect Pine forest Gilgamesh and Enkidu go on a quest to kill him and with the help of Shamash they are successful Curses gilgamesh as he dies Ellil Gives Humbaba orders to protect forest Is feared by Gilgamesh and other gods so they are reluctant to help Gilgamesh kill Humbaba Shamash Sun goddess Uses four winds to paralyze Humbaba and help Gilgamesh and Enkidu after a request from Ninsun Bull of Heaven requested from Anu by his daughter Ishtar or she will raise the dead Bull starts destroying Uruk until Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill it Death is last straw and Enkidu must die Utnapishtim Flood story in the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh searches him out for immortality Siduri beer seller who tells Gilgamesh how to find utnapishtim Tells him to seek out Urshanabi Urshanabi ferryman that takes people across sea at the edge of the world Comparable to Charon and the river styx of the underworld Apsu There is a plant at the bottom of Apsu that utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh about that restores youth The plant has been stolen by a snake which is why snakes shed ring composition beginning and ending a poem with the same thing If the poem would ve ended here it would ve started and ended with Gilgamesh talking of the great walls he created around Uruk Nature Enkidu is a man of nature Opposite of culture Culture Gilgamesh is a man of culture opposite of nature Only way for Gilgamesh to obtain true immortality Structuralism Modern critical theory that the human mind thinks in binary opposites Gives way to nature versus nurture argument Tale of Buliqiya Arabic story Tale of Buluqiya one of 300 tales in the Thousand and one nights The Thousand and One Nights Arabic collection of stories Arabian Nights another name for The thousand and one nights Arabic Islam Sultan Sassanid empire where story takes place frame story story within a story Shahriar sultan who kills his wife for committing adultery Marries virgins and murders them the next day Is Humanized by Scheherzade Vizier provides virgins for the sultan Scheherazade daughter of Vizier Offers herself as next bride Tells tales for 1001 nights that the sultan wants to hear and prolongs her life Shahrazad another name for Scheherzade Tale of Buluqiya Sulaiman wears a ring around his finger that used to belong to Adam father of all men Isle of Seven Seas place where Sulamain is buried Yamlika Queen of the area where a plant grows that allows people to walk on water Affan a wise old man who was believed to be able to lead Buluqiya to Queen Yamlika Killed at the end of the journey Hasib the person to whom the princess is telling the story imbedded narrative Allah God Adam disobeyed him Iliad by Homer Trojan War Greeks versus Trojans Fought at troy for 10 years Greeks capture troy after odysseus uses horse tactic Peleus King of Phthia and husband of thetis Father of Achilles Have red carpet wedding Thetis was a nymph and daughter of God Nereus Mother of Achilles Have red carpet wedding Eris Crashes wedding of Peleus and Thetis Brings a golden apple for the most beautiful woman Hera Athena and Aphrodite fight over apple Hera claims apple Offers Paris political power if he gives it to her Athena claims apple Offers great military glory if the apple is given to her Aphrodite claims apple Offers the most beautiful woman in the world sex if she gets apple Paris Is a shepherd and price of troy Chosen by zeus to decide who gets the apple Chooses Aphrodite Breaches xenia with Menelaus Alexander another name for Paris Troy site of Trojan war Menelaus King of Sparta Brother of Agamemnon Loses his wife to Paris when paris is a guest at his place Son of Atreus Helen daughter of Zeus and queen of Sparta Chosen by paris as his prize from Aphrodite even though she is married to Menelaus Sparta Greek city Xenos a foreigner or guest in a place Bond between Xenos and the host is a sacred one Host is obligated to provide hospitality Xenia concept of Hospitality to travelers Zeus governed obligation for this sacred bond Agamemnon son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus King of Mycenae and is considered the strongest king or a first among equals Mycenae greek city that Agamemnon is king of Homer Author of Greek peom Iliad Iliad poem written by Homer around 750 BCE Set during the Trojan war and is the story of Illium Troy Ilium troy in medias res in the middle of things Roman poet Horace says Iliad starts in the middle of things Greeks Never referred to themselves as Greeks Hellenes what the Greeks called themselves in the post homeric era Achaeans what Homer calls the Greeks along with Argives and Danaans Apollo god of healing and also diseues Sent plague to the greek camps at start of Iliad Chryses priest of Apollo Prays to Apollo to send plague until he gets his daughter back from Agamemnon Chryseis daughter of Chryses Prize gera of Agamemnon from war Calchas greek prohet Explains to people why there is a plague geras gerata prize from war and
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