Book Session: Gilgamesh

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    In October and November, 2018, we are reading The Epic of Gilgamesh

    King Uruk.jpg


    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
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