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In October and November, 2018, we are reading Gilgamesh!
Here's a link to a free PDF version of the Gilgamesh Norton Editions, Translated by Benjamin Foster:
https://docplayer.net/62655171-The-e...gilgamesh.html
October 25th, 1pm SLT
Session 1:Introduction
November 1st, 1pm SLT
Session 2:
Tablet IPrologue introduces Gilgamesh
Tablet IIShamhat civilizes Enkidu
November 8th, 1pm SLT
Session 3:
Tablet IIIElders give advice to Gilgamesh and enlist Enkidu
to protect him
Tablet IVGilgamesh and Enkidu journey; dreams of future
King of Uruk in Mesopotamia
November 15th, 1pm SLT
Session 4:
Tablet VGilgamesh and Enkidu meet the forest guardian, Humbaba
Tablet VIIshtar, goddess of love, proposes to Gilgamesh
November 22nd, 1pm SLT
Session 5:
Tablet VIIEnkidu must die for killing the bull and cutting down the cedars
Tablet VIIIGilgamesh laments Enkidu’s death
November 29th, 2018
Session 6:
Tablet IXGilgamesh quest to find Utanapishtim
Tablet XGilgamesh meets tavern keeper, Siduri
Tablet XIGilgamesh asks Utanapishtim for knowledge