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Everett
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Bro had a whole page of insults for this woman omg
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Everett
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“FROM THE MOMENT THE KINGS BIRTH CORD WAS CUT, EVERY GIRLS HYMEN HAS BELONGED TO HIM” BRO 😭
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Everett
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wow, if only sex actually made men smarter. bit of a stretch there sir
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Christy
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Highly appreciate Mair including Tigay's comparison of the Early and Late versions to the Sumerian Flood story. I love seeing the change in storytelling adapt to different moral systems or social beliefs.
— May 24, 2026 07:41PM
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Barbara
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Getting into the epic proper now. It's annoying when books have introductions and other "prefaces" that have separate page numbers (usually in roman numerals).
— May 22, 2026 09:07AM
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Barbara
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(Introduction)
"Small wonder, then, that mankind could be wayward. Uta-napishti tells his wife in Tablet XI, 'Man is deceitful, he will deceive you', and Gilgamesh duly confirms this unpalatable aspect of human nature by lying to him."
— May 22, 2026 07:09AM
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"Small wonder, then, that mankind could be wayward. Uta-napishti tells his wife in Tablet XI, 'Man is deceitful, he will deceive you', and Gilgamesh duly confirms this unpalatable aspect of human nature by lying to him."
