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Progenitor of mankind (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Gilgameš (search for life) 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.01 Myths 04.01.07 Gilgameš (search for life) 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 creation of mankind
Period Greek Archaic Age	Channel Akkadian poetry Greek poets

Text
Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 11.120-123:
(Belet-ili:) ‘How was it that I spoke evil in the assembly of the gods, spoke for aggression to destry my people? I am the one who gave birth to them, they are my people, and (now) they fill the sea like fish.

Homer, Odyssey 20.201-203:
Father Zeus, there is no other god more baneful than you: you show no pity for men, after you yourself have begotten them, (nor scruple) to involve them in misery and grievous woes.

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Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 11.120-123
Homer, Odyssey 20.201-203

Bibliography

West 1997, 433-434

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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