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He released his enemies (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Empowered to raise and abase 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.03 Kingship as divine institution 01.03.05 Attributes of the king 01.03.05.07 Empowered to raise and abase Enūma eliš (creation) 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.01 Myths 04.01.04 Enūma eliš (creation)	Keywords mercy
Period 5th century BCE Greek Archaic Age	Channel Akkadian poetry Greek poets

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Enūma Eliš 7.27-29:
(Agaku,) lord of pure incantation, who restores the dead to life, who had mercy upon the Bound Gods (and) removed the yoke imposed on the gods his enemies.

Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.291:
Zeus the imperishable released the Titans.

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Enūma Eliš 7.27-29
Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.291

Bibliography

West 1997, 540-541

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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