Whether or not the fame of Gilgamesh of Uruk had reached the Aegean – and the idea is attractive – there can be no doubt that it was as great as that of any other hero. In time his name became so much a household word that jokes and forgeries were fathered onto it, as in a popular fraud that survives on eighth-century B.C. tablets which perhaps themselves copy an older text. This is a letter supposed to be written by Gilgamesh to some other king, with commands that he should send improbable quantities of livestock and metals, along with gold and precious stones for an amulet for Enkidu, which would weigh no less that thirty pounds. The joke must have been well received, for it survives in four copies, all from Sultantepe.
N.K. SandarsStichwörter: literature ancient introduction babylon to of epic the gilgamesh k n sandars
His three boats stove around him, and oars and men both whirling in the eddies; one captain, seizing the line-knife from his broken prow, had dashed at the whale, as an Arkansas duellist at his foe, blindly seeking with a six inch blade to reach the fathom-deep life of the whale. That captain was Ahab. And then it was, that suddenly sweeping his sickle-shaped lower jaw benieath him, Moby Dick had reaped away Ahab's leg.
Herman MelvilleStichwörter: adventure obsession epic
till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning-point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly, it did not seem of any use at the moment.
J.R.R. TolkienStichwörter: epic
Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni
LucanSo each one of you agrees to disagree with whatever the other one agrees with, but if you both disagree with the same thing, aren't you really in agreement?
Norton JusterStichwörter: logic agreement disagreement agree epic milo disagree the-phantom-tollbooth agree-to-disagree the-mathematician
When you’re lost there’s nowhere to go but forward. One step at a time – and the way will show itself.
Sam J. CharltonStichwörter: wisdom lost fantasy epic
Do you know which is the greatest epic till date?
K.Hari KumarStichwörter: story muslim india hindu tale stranger epic mahabharata inpirational jai k-hari-kumar brahmin chennai iyer pathan when-strangers-meet ghittorni krishnaprasad-iyer metro-station new-delhi south-india stranger-s-tale
I can help you, Jorge. I can give you back your self. I can give you your will.' He held out his hand, palm open. 'Free will has to be taken,' I said.
Mark LawrenceStichwörter: free-will rejection epic helping-hand
Confidence don't mean jack shit in the real world, sis," she once said. I feel myself finding the courage to trust those words more and more with every twist of the knife. Coincidentally, last Tuesday afternoon I was involuntarily exposed to the punch line of an old wise tale that goes something like: "There's beauty that can be found in everything." But why can't the insensitive cunt who said that ever find the courage to look in the mirror? Because poopycock, one might say.
Dave MatthesStichwörter: love music man woman beauty hate romance death story tragedy reflection suicide narcissism mirror epic
It's almost dawn. You can feel it coming. The world holds its breath, because there's really no guarantee that the sun will rise. That there was a yesterday doesn't mean there will be a tomorrow.
Rick YanceyStichwörter: drama tomorrow epic
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