The logo of the Melammu Project

The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

  The Melammu Project
  
   General description
   Search string
   Browse by topic
   Search keyword
   Submit entry
  
   About
   Open search
   Thematic search
   Digital Library
   Submit item
  
   Ancient texts
   Dictionaries
   Projects
   Varia
   Submit link
  FAQ
  Contact us
  About

  The Newsletter
  To Project Information >

  

Use of anaphora (1)

 Printable view
Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)

04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry


 		Keywords
idioms
Period
Greek Archaic Age 		Channel
Greek poets
Ugaritic texts

Text
Flood Story (MBV, Ugarit):
I knew the councel of the great gods, I knew their conspiracy, though they did not reveal it to me.

Homer, Odyssey 12.189-191:
For we know all that in Troy’s broad land the Argives and Trojans suffered by the gods’ will, and we know all that happens on the nurturing earth.

Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Flood Story (MBV, Ugarit)
Homer, Odyssey 12.189-191

Bibliography

West 1997, 255West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus


URL for this entry: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/database/gen_html/a0001224.php

Illustrations
No pictures

^
T
O
P