Timothy J. Stephany > Quotes

“Also may your way be plain, that you not stray from the true path              /A And while you complete your journey together to the Pine Forest              /A May the days be of greater length and the nights pass quickly              /A May you always have clothes to wear, and your pace never falter              /A After sunset, may you always find a place to camp for the night              /A And may you have protection from all predators of the twilight              /A And may Shamash preserve you on your way to the Pine Forest              /A[16] Whether it be a month or ten months, a year or even ten years.”              /A”
― Timothy J. Stephany, The Gilgamesh Cycle: The Fully Restored Epic of Gilgamesh

“Let the foliage thrive on its banks, And abound too within the meadow Might the Lady of Leaves amass grain in great profusion O my Lady of Heaven and Earth, And queen of the entire Universe, May he for long hours find delight in your blessed lap!”
― Timothy J. Stephany, The Descent of Ishtar: both the Sumerian and Akkadian versions

“Nothing worthwhile comes without toil, for men or for gods”
― Timothy J. Stephany, Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic

“Then it was on the first, seventh, and fifteenth of the month That he conducted a water-purification through immersion”
― Timothy J. Stephany, Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic