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The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

Love = yoke (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Proverb collections 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.03 Wisdom literature 04.03.06 Proverb collections	Keywords lovers sayings yoke
Period 6th century BCE Greek Archaic Age	Channel Greek poets Sumerian texts

Text
Sumero-Akkadian proverb:
When you love, you also bear a yoke

Theognis 1357:
Lad-lovers always wear a stern yoke on their necks.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Sumero-Akkadian Proverb
Theognis 1357

Bibliography

Lambert 1960, 227	Lambert, Wilfred G. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1960.
West 1997, 523	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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