The Journey Of Gilgamesh
Published on Feb 04, 2016
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"" Gilgamesh the tall, magnificent and terrible, who open passes in the mountain who dug wells on the slopes of the uplands, and crossed the ocean, the wide sea to sunrise..."
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"Facing the sun they dug a well the put fresh water... Gigamesh climbed to the top of the mountain,to the hill he poured out an offering of flour: 'O mountain, bring me a dream, so I see a good sign !"
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"They saw the Mountain of Cedar, seat of gods and goddesses' throne. On the face of the mountain the cedar proffered its abundance, its shade was sweet and full of delight."
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"The goddess Ishtar heard these words, she went up to heaven in a furious rage. Weeping she went to Anu, her father, before Antu, her mother, her tears did flow:"
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"He covered, like a bride, the face of his friend, like an eagle he circled around him. Like a lioness deprived of her cubs, he paced to and fro, this way and that."
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"At two double hours... the darkness was dense, and light was there none: it did not allow him to see behind him."
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"Said the tavern-keeper to him, to Gilgamesh: 'If you and Enkidu were the ones who slew the Guardian, destroyed Humbaba, who dwelt in the Forest of Cedar, killed lions in the mountain passes, seized and slew the bull come down from heaven -'"
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"... the wide ocean, at the waters ... he stayed not his hand: he smashed them in his fury, he threw them in the river."
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"Said Uta-napishti to him, to Gilgamesh: 'Let me disclose, O Gilgamesh, a matter most secret to you I tell a mystery of gods.'"
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"Of the plant's fragrance a snake caught sent, came up in silence, and bore the plant off."
Return to Uruk
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"At twenty leagues they broke bread, at thirty leagues they stopped for the night. When they arrived in Uruk-the-Sheepfold, said Gilgamesh to him, to Ur-shanabi the boatman:"
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