Stimulating the sense of obligation (1)

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Etana Epic 2.131-139:
Etana kept praying daily to Šamaš: ‘You have eaten, Šamaš, the thickest cuts of my sheep; Earth, you have drunk the blood of my lambs. I have honoured the gods, I have held the spirits of the dead in awe; the dream-interpreters have burned up all my incense; the gods have used up all my sacrificial lambs. My lord, let (the word) go forth from your mouth and give me the plant of birth.’

Homer, Iliad 1.37-41:
Hear me, Silverbow, you who stand over Chryse and godly Killa, and are the lord of Tenedos, Smintheus: if ever I have decked your lovely shrine, or if ever I have burned for you fatty thighbones of oxen and goats, fulfil this wish for me.

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Etana Epic 2.131-139
Homer, Iliad 1.37-41

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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