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Epic Hero (Gilgamesh Saga)
Smithsonian Magazine ^ | 5-1-2007 | Daqvid Damrosch

Posted on 05/01/2007 4:20:40 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 05/01/2007 4:20:42 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 05/01/2007 4:21:06 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

I read that yesterday while home sick. Very interesting considering he was uneducated according to the standards of the day.


3 posted on 05/01/2007 4:28:05 PM PDT by doodad
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To: blam

What a story! Great post. Thanks.


4 posted on 05/01/2007 5:04:02 PM PDT by rogue yam
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Great article. Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 05/01/2007 5:09:48 PM PDT by Captain Rhino ( Dollars spent in India help a friend; dollars spent in China arm an enemy.)
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I have have a friend of mine who's rather disreputable ancestor was British Council at Smyrna, when Layard went to Nineveh, terrible drunk, according to his family lore.

Booze seemed be a problem in the family, his great grandfather was exiled, by the family, to the US and was on that Gun Boat, on display at Vicksburg, when it was sunk. (He had the papers on both)

We start talking about it because I had several family members in US and CSA units at the siege and surrounding fights.

6 posted on 05/01/2007 5:35:56 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: blam

Outstanding story! Thanks for posting.


7 posted on 05/01/2007 5:49:11 PM PDT by PGalt
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“Darmok and Picard at Tanagra.”
8 posted on 05/01/2007 5:57:27 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (NSDQ)
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To: blam

Thank you for the great read!


9 posted on 05/01/2007 6:21:00 PM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: blam

Very interesting article Blam. Thanks for posting.


10 posted on 05/01/2007 6:52:15 PM PDT by Redhd2
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To: blam

read later


11 posted on 05/01/2007 8:47:02 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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Not only was this the first “Hero’s Journey” literature, it also featured the first ‘sidekick’ partner, Enkidu.

Think about that. Gabby Hayes was merely one of a 5,000 year, long line of sidekicks to action heroes.


12 posted on 05/01/2007 8:57:22 PM PDT by wildbill
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Thanks Blam.

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13 posted on 05/01/2007 9:53:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, April 28, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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He and Schliemann!

:-)

Drive a nail through the “elite” old archaeologists.

14 posted on 05/02/2007 5:39:24 AM PDT by bannie
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There are some that think Enkidu was a comet.

Enkidu the Rival and Friend of Gilgamesh Sent by the Gods Arrives on Earth in the Form of a Comet


15 posted on 05/02/2007 6:09:16 AM PDT by blam
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Righter's ping.

Thought this might be an interesting bit about a famous piece of literature from anitiquity.
16 posted on 05/02/2007 7:20:05 AM PDT by JamesP81 (Eph 6:12)
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This was a classical hero. Modern literary heroes are mere shadows.


17 posted on 05/02/2007 7:38:21 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: JamesP81

Thanks for the ping.

Interesting article.


18 posted on 05/02/2007 7:40:36 AM PDT by marsapan
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To: blam

Excellent article, thanks for posting.


19 posted on 05/02/2007 7:56:31 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: mad_as_he$$

GMTA :) But it was “Darmok and Gilaad at Tanagra”. I forget what the alien captain’s name was, offhand. Oh, I’m such a Star Trek geek.


20 posted on 05/02/2007 8:06:46 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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