Antiquity Civilizing Prostitute, Immoral Goddess: Women in The Epic - PDF document

9/21/18 Women in Antiquity Civilizing Prostitute, Immoral Goddess: Women in The Epic of Gilgamesh M E E T I N G 2 � Sumer � Women in Gilgamesh SUMER 1

9/21/18 Fertile Crescent The city-state 2

9/21/18 Ziggurat Rivalry for resources → warfare 3

9/21/18 The deluge Life and afterlife King Gilgamesh 4

9/21/18 The Epic of Gilgamesh Ways of looking at the Epic � Gilgamesh as a priest-king � Gilgamesh as a mortal � Gilgamesh as a man 5

9/21/18 Characters � Gilgámesh king of Úruk � Nínsun his divine mother � Enkídu his friend � Shámhat a prostitute in Úruk � Shámash sun-god � Humbába forest guardian � Íshtar great goddess � Úta-napíshti survivor of the Flood READINGS Selections from The Epic of Gilgamesh 6

9/21/18 Abusch, “Ishtar's Proposal and Gilgamesh’s Refusal” Harris, “Inanna-Ishtar as Paradox” Bailey, “Initiation and the Primal Woman” 7

9/21/18 Concluding thoughts: Sumer and Gilgamesh Rome, 2nd century CE 8