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Angimdimma 76-91, 98-101, 108-112:
When, at Enlil’s command, he was making his way towards E-kur, the warrior of the gods was levelling the Land; and before he had yet approached Nibru from afar, Nusku, the chancellor of Enlil, came forth from the E-kur to meet him. He greeted lord Ninurta: “My sovereign, perfect warrior, heed yourself. Ninurta, perfect warrior, heed yourself. Your radiance has covered Enlil’s temple like a cloak. When you step into your chariot, whose creaking is a pleasant sound, heaven and earth tremble. When you raise your arm … The Anuna, the great gods … Do not frighten your father in his residence. Do not frighten Enlil in his residence. May your father give you gifts because of your heroic strength. May Enlil give you gifts because of your heroic strength.” … While these words were yet in Nusku’s mouth, Ninurta put the whip and goad away in the rope-box. He leaned his mace, the strength in battle, against the box and entered into the temple of Enlil. … The great mother Ninlil, from within her Ki-ur, spoke admiringly to lord Ninurta: “O wild bull, with fierce horns raised, son of Enlil, you have struck blows in the mountains. Warrior, lord Ninurta, you have ……. You have …… the rebellious land.”
Homeric Hymn 3.1-13 (to Apollo):
I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow. But Leto alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his strong shoulders in her hands and hangs them on a golden peg against a pillar of his father’s house. Then she leads him to a seat and makes him sit: and the Father gives him nectar in a golden cup welcoming his dear son, while the other gods make him sit down there, and queenly Leto rejoices because she bare a mighty son and an archer.
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Angimdimma 76-112
Homeric Hymn 3.1-13 (to Apollo)
Bibliography
| West 1997, 355 | West, 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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