Empires & Humanity Discussion
Hello Class!
Let us examine Gilgamesh and the relationship between people & empires.
- Re-read the explanation you wrote prior to reading the Parsons text. Has your idea of what defines an empire changed? Why has it or why has it not? Do you believe that empires always fail? Explain.
- What ‘fate’ did Gilgamesh have to accept?
- Do you believe this epic was created to ease the anxiety of this ‘fate’?
- Why do you believe the Mesopotamian Empire mythologized Gilgamesh? What issue of the individual in a society does this epic present?
Reading:
Epic of Gilgamesh
*An epic is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of persons. Elements that typically distinguish epics include superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions.
The most famous of the Mesopotamian heroes is Gilgamesh. The mythologizing of this early dynastic Sumerian king of Unug (Uruk) had already begun by about 2400 BCE. This was written ~1500 years before Homer wrote the Illiad.
As you read,
- Consider the reign of Gilgamesh and the perspective of the society he reigned over
- Consider Gilgamesh the individual, not the king
- Consider what you just reviewed about Ancient Mesopotamia and the zeitgeist (beliefs of the time)
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