Ashurbanipal's The Epic Of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in Ashurbanipal’s library in 1853. This epic story is about the king of Uruk named Gilgamesh who is athletic, strong, and handsome. Gilgamesh thinks it is okay to abuse his power and the citizens of Uruk are upset with his behaviors, so they call out to Anu for help. Anu and the other gods send Enkidu, a wild man who lives with animals, to challenge Gilgamesh. Enkidu learns how to be like a human being from the help of the harlot. After that, Enkidu goes to Uruk to meet Gilgamesh, so they can fight. Gilgamesh loses the fight, but Enkidu admits that Gilgamesh should have kingship over Uruk. According to The Epic of Gilgamesh, “For nuptial choice, That with lawful wives he might mate! He is the first, The …show more content…
Euric, King of the Goths, crossed the Spanish frontier and started persecuting the Christians in Gaul. Clovis sent messengers to Gundobad to ask for Clotild’s hand in marriage and he handed Clotild over because he was afraid to refuse. Clovis and Clotild had a son and she wanted her son to be baptized even though Clovis did not believe in baptism at the time. Clovis finally agreed to have his son baptized and after that his son died. After that, Clovis and Clotild have another son and he is also baptized. Clovis finally converted to Christianity and was baptized himself and more than 3,000 men of his army converted with him. According to Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, “The wife of Namatius built the church of Saint Stephen in the suburb outside the walls of Clermont-Ferrand” (Geary, Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, p. 141). Namatius’ wife had the power and the money to build her own church. She would read a book and tell the workmen what she wanted painted on the walls which means that she was also educated. Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, states, “She wanted to have her baby baptized, and she kept on urging her husband to agree to this” (Geary, Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, p. 145). Clotild came from a Christian family and when she had a son with Clovis she wanted him to be baptized, …show more content…
One day, Bata returns to the Anubis’ house to get some more seed and Anubis’ wife is there trying to seduce him. Bata refuses her temptation and she gets angry and makes herself look like she had been beaten. When Anubis get homes later on that evening, he sees that his wife has been beaten up and she told him that his brother beat her up. Anubis believes her and goes after Bata to kill him. Bata prays to Pre-Harakhti for help and Pre-Harakhti creates a lake filled with crocodiles between the two brothers. Anubis believes Bata that he did not beat his wife up and tells Anubis that he is going to the Valley of Pine. Bata was all by himself in the Valley of Pine, until the Ennead made a wife for Bata. Bata’s wife tells the Pharaoh how to kill Bata. Once Bata is dead he comes back to life as a bull and Persea trees to gets revenge on his wife. When the Persea trees are cut down, Bata’s wife swallowed a splinter from the tree and became pregnant with Bata’s child. According to the Tale of Two Brothers, “He was the one who did the plowing, and he harvested for him” (Tale of Two Brothers, p. 204). Bata did all the work for his brother, Anubis, which gave him the characteristics of being a hard worker because he was always tending to the work in the field that needed to be done. Bata was also an excellent and loyal man to Anubis and did whatever Anubis asked him to do. The

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