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| {{See also|Introduction to Gilgamesh}}
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| == Names ==
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| * ''[[Wikipedia:Epic of Gilgamesh|Epic of Gilgamesh]]''
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| * [[Wikipedia:Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Ishtar|Ishtar]] | [[Wikipedia:Ninsun|Ninsun]] | [[Wikipedia:Shamhat|the Harlot]] | [[Wikipedia:Siduri|Siduri]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Humbaba|Humbaba]] | [[Wikipedia:Cedar Forest|Cedar Forest]] | [[Wikipedia:Bull of Heaven|Bull of Heaven]] | [[Wikipedia:Scorpion man|Scorpion Men]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Anunnaki|Anunnaki]] | [[Wikipedia:Enlil|Enlil]] | [[Wikipedia:Gugalanna|Gugalanna]] | [[Wikipedia:Inanna|Inanna]] | [[Wikipedia:Shamash|Shamash]] (Utu) | [[Wikipedia:Silili|Silili]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Flood myth|Utnapishtim and the Flood Myth]]
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| == Questions for Consideration ==
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| The following questions should help you begin thinking about the major themes, characters, and ideas in the primary text.
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| # Dreams are so recurrent in ''Gilgamesh'', and so important. They serve as a vehicle of communication between gods and mortals, anticipating events symbolically, but accurately. What narrative function do they serve? That is, why is it useful to know what is going to happen before it does? | |
| # Discuss the relationship between civilization and nature as characterized by Enkidu. Are these two forces necessarily at odds?
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| # What do we mean by "civilized"? How is Enkidu "civilized"? What does he gain? What does he lose?
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| # What is the role of women in ''Gilgamesh''? Consider especially at Ishtar and the harlot.
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| # Discuss Humbaba as a metaphor. Is Humbaba a threat to Uruk; does its death serve society in any way?
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| # Compare the tyrannical Gilgamesh from the [[Epic Poetry|epic]]'s beginning with the sagacious monarch of the epic's end. How has Gilgamesh grown? How does his knowledge benefit his community? Has he satisfied his role as the epic hero?
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| # One critic has called ''Gilgamesh'' a "tragedy of mortality". Discuss possible meanings. Is there any evidence in the poem that the citizens of Uruk believe in an afterlife?
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| # What is the nature of the friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu? What does this say about friendship in general?
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| # What is significant about the harlot and Enkidu's entré into the world of men?
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| # Discuss the ways that Gilgamesh's quest was (un)successful.
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| # View the episode of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' called "[[Wikipedia:Darmok|Darmok]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Darmok |episode-link= |url=https://vimeo.com/9172863 |access-date=2018-08-17 |series=Star Trek: The Next Generation |series-link= |first=Winrich |last= Kolbe |network= |station= |date=September 28, 1991 |season=5 |series-no= |number=2 |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref> How does "Darmok" help with your understanding of ''Gilgamesh'' and how [[Wikipedia:Mythology|myth]] works in our culture?
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| # Is [[Wikipedia:Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]'s account of the ''Gilgamesh'' legend accurate? Discuss the implications.
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| # "Darmok" suggests a reason for the continuing importance of myth. Discuss your interpretation of "Darmok" and myth as important to our lives today.
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| == Secondary Sources ==
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| * {{cite magazine |last=Damrosch |first=David |date=May 2017 |title=Epic Hero |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/epic-hero-153362976/ |magazine=Smithsonian |location= |publisher= |access-date=2018-08-17 |quote=How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of ''Gilgamesh'' after 2500 years. }}
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| * {{cite journal |last=Freeman |first=Philip |date=August 2012 |title=Lessons from a Demigod |url=https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/julyaugust/feature/lessons-demigod |journal=Humanities |volume=33 |issue=4 |access-date=2018-08-17 }}
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| * {{cite magazine |last=Pryke |first=Louise |date=May 7, 2017 |title=Guide to the Classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh |url=http://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-73444 |magazine=The Conversation |location= |publisher= |access-date=2018-08-17 }}
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| * {{cite AV media |people=Rugnetta, Mike (Presenter) |date=September 8, 2017 |title=The Epic of Gilgamesh |trans-title= |medium=Video |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWppk7-Mti4&vl=en |access-date=2018-08-17 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location=YouTube |publisher=Crash Course World Mythology #26 |id= |quote= |ref= }}
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| ==Notes==
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