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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
11 Language, communication, libraries and education



 		Keywords
happiness
Period
Greek Archaic Age
Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian Empires 		Channel
Akkadian poetry
Greek poets

Text
Gilgameš Epic (OBV) 10:
But you, Gilgameš, let your belly be full; day and night keep on enjoying yourself. Every day establish enjoyment: day and night dance and sport, let your clothes be kept cleaned, let your head be washed, be you bathed in water. Take care of the child who holds your hand; let your wife keep on enjoying herself in your lap.

Homer, Odyssey 8.26-29:
What we (= Phaeacians) always like is feasting, the lyre, dances, clean clothes, hot baths, and bed.

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Gilgameš Epic (OBV) 10
Homer, Odyssey 8.26-29

Bibliography

West 1997, 414West, 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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