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Epic of Gilgamesh Vocabulary

Epic of Gilgamesh Vocabulary. “In those days, the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull…” Teemed: Verb To become filled to overflowing. “Then the gods of the abyss rose up; Nergal pulled out the dams of the nether waters…” Nether: Adj.

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Epic of Gilgamesh Vocabulary

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  1. Epic of Gilgamesh Vocabulary

  2. “In those days, the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull…” • Teemed: Verb • To become filled to overflowing.

  3. “Then the gods of the abyss rose up; Nergal pulled out the dams of the nether waters…” • Nether: Adj. • Below the earth’s surface; lower

  4. “Enlil heard the clamor and he said to the gods in council, ‘ The uproar of mankind isintolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason fo the babl.’” • Babel: N • Confusion of sounds or noises

  5. “Touch the threshold, it is ancient.” • Threshold: N • a piece of wood, metal, or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building • : the point or level at which something begins or changes

  6. “But Gilgamesh said, ‘Immolation and sacrifice are not yet for me, the boat of the dead shall not go down…’” • Immolation: N • The victim of a sacrifice

  7. “Not yet will my people be desolate, nor the pyre be lit in my house…” • Desolate: Adj • very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left

  8. “’O Glorious Shamash, I have followed the road you commanded but now if you send no succor how shall I escape?” • Succor: N • something that you do or give to help someone who is suffering or in a difficult situation

  9. “The heavens roared, and earth rumbled back an answer; between them stood I before an awful being, the somber-faced man bird…” • Somber: Adj • very sad and serious, having a dull or dark color

  10. “In Urukhe built walls, a great rampart and the temle of the blessed Eanna…” • Rampart: N • a tall, thick stone or dirt wall that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks

  11. “Eanna, the god of the firmament” • Firmament: N • the vault or arch of the sky :heavens

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