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Enkidu and Patroclus (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry


 		Keywords
friends
Period
Greek Archaic Age 		Channel
Akkadian poetry
Greek poets

Text
Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 10.1.35-2.5:
My friend, whom I love greatly, who underwent every hardship with me, Enkidu, whom I love greatly, who underwent every hardship with me - the fate of mankind has overtaken him.

Homer, Iliad 18.70-82:
(Achilles:) Mother, the Olympian has indeed brought that to pass; but what pleasure is there in that for me, when my comrade is lost, Patroclus, whom I esteemed above all my comrades, no less than my own head?

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Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 10.1.35-2.5
Homer, Iliad 18.70-82

Bibliography

West 1997, 340-341West, 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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