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On the knees of the gods (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
sayings
Period
Greek Archaic Age 		Channel
Akkadian poetry
Greek poets

Text
Anzu Epic 3.38-39:
(Dagan:) “Send him (= Ninurta) and let him come to you; let him set the tablet of destinies on your knees.”

Saying in Homer (Iliad 17.514, 20.435, Odyssey 1.267, 1.400, 16.129):
“It lies on the knees of the gods” (= the final outcome of the matter is yet unknown)

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Anzu Epic 3.38-39
Homer, Iliad 17.514
Homer, Iliad 20.435
Homer, Odyssey 1.267
Homer, Odyssey 1.400
Homer, Odyssey 16.129

Bibliography

West 1997, 222West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus


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