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As a cow for her calf (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Cow and calf
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.01 Mammals
02.05.01.04 Cow and calf
Literary motifs and topoi
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.04 Literary motifs and topoi

Keywords
similes

Period
Greek Archaic Age
Sumerian Ur III Empire

Channel
Greek poets
Sumerian poetry
Ugaritic texts

Text
Gudea Cylinder A 19.24-25:
Like a cow keeping an eye on its calf, he went in constant worry to the house.

Baal Epic (Ugarit), KTU 1 6.ii.6-9 (= 28-30):
As the heart of a he[ifer] for her calf, as the heart of a ew[e] for her lamb, so the heart of ˁAnat after Baal

Homer, Iliad 17.4-5:
As a cow stands lowing over her first calf, even so did yellow-haired Menelaos bestride Patroklos. He held his round shield and his spear in front of him, resolute to kill any who should dare face him.

Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Baal Epic (Ugarit), KTU 1 6.ii.6-9
Baal Epic (Ugarit), KTU 1 6.ii.28-30
Gudea Cylinder A 19.24-25
Homer, Iliad 17.4-5

Bibliography

West 1997, 386-387

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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