Are you a god or a mortal? (1)

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Descent of Ištar to the Netherworld 259-262:
(Ereškigal to Enki’s emissaries:) ‘Who are you to whom have I spoken … ? An you be gods, let me talk with you; an you be humans, let me determine your circumstances for you!’

Lugalbanda Epic 105-108:
(Anzu to Lugalbanda:) ‘O (you) who thus have treated my nest, an you be a god, let me talk to you … an you be a human, let me decree for you (new) status.

Homer, Iliad 6.122-129:
And when the twain were now come near as they advanced one against the other, Diomedes, good at the war-cry, was first to speak, saying: ‘Who are you, mighty one, among mortal men? For never have I seen you in battle where men win glory until this day, but now have you come forth far in advance of all in your hardihood, in that you abide my far-shadowing spear. Unhappy are they whose children face my might. But if you are one of the immortals come down from heaven, then will I not fight with the heavenly gods.

Homer, Odyssey 6.149-155:
(Odysseus to Nausicaa:) ‘I beseech you, O queen, - a goddess are you, or are you mortal? If you are a goddess, one of those who hold broad heaven, to Artemis, the daughter of great Zeus, do I liken you most nearly in comeliness and in stature and in form. But if you are one of mortals who dwell upon the earth, thrice-blessed then are your father and your honoured mother, and thrice-blessed your brethren.

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Descent of Ištar to the Netherworld 259-262
Homer, Iliad 6.122-129
Homer, Odyssey 6.149-155
Lugalbanda Epic 105-108

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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