The Epic of Gilgamesh (Part 07)

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1. Dingotar
   Posted September 14, 2012 at 2:37 PM | Permalink

   Gilgamesh has abilities that go beyond those of ordinary humans, including the ability to at will center one of her eyes above her mouth and hide the other eye.
   (You don’t need to know how she’s using the other eye while she does this.)

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2. Jill
   Posted September 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM | Permalink

   I want to read the full volume, now!

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3. Danzier
   Posted September 14, 2012 at 1:45 AM | Permalink

   Gilgamesh is Quasimodo… And her next line is, “I am still so deaf!” o.O …:P

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4. AsimovSideburns
   Posted September 13, 2012 at 5:13 PM | Permalink

   Is it bad that I suddenly wish I lived in Uruk?

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   • Rock
     Posted September 14, 2012 at 3:34 AM | Permalink

     Depends on whether you mind a demigod using you as a plaything for the rest of your days… ^^; … and living in an era without running water, electricity, gas stove cooking or internet. o_o I’m uncertain whether plumbing had been invented yet or not…

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     • BeetlesBane
       Posted September 14, 2012 at 1:15 PM | Permalink

       They did have running water (do Tigris and Euphrates sound familiar?), however Indoor plummbing was somewhat limited.

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5. Doohns
   Posted September 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM | Permalink

   I have to admit, we kinda glossed over this myth in school… but, I’m told it’s pretty weird. So, I gotta ask… is our hero actually turning into a cyclops in that last panel? (Or is it just me seeing the art a little weirdly?)

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   • Rock
     Posted September 14, 2012 at 3:33 AM | Permalink

     It’s you. ^^ Gilgamesh was a huge lecher at first, but he was never a cyclops.

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6. Rock
   Posted September 13, 2012 at 5:26 AM | Permalink

   Hpffft~! ^^; Lie back and think of Uruk…? This line is making me laugh so hard…

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7. Pix
   Posted September 13, 2012 at 12:33 AM | Permalink

   I think we skipped this part in highschool….

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   • Rock
     Posted September 13, 2012 at 5:31 AM | Permalink

     Try to find one of the unedited versions of the mythology. It’s… interesting.

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     • AsimovSideburns
       Posted September 13, 2012 at 5:12 PM | Permalink

       I know you can get the penguin classics version on amazon for cheap, not sure how uncensored it actually is

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       • John Troutman
         Posted September 13, 2012 at 5:20 PM | Permalink

         The Penguin Gilgamesh is highly recommended. It’s used in most classrooms, and is the same translation found in the Norton of World Masterpieces. I reference the Kindle version of the Penguin edition for these comics because I’m too lazy to open the giant Norton volume.

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   • BeetlesBane
     Posted September 14, 2012 at 1:34 PM | Permalink

     Actually, your highschool [my spell-checker says that isn't a word!] probably skipped over quite a bit of “detail” in the lit it covered. For instance: just where was Beowulf when Grendel entered the great hall?

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     • Rock
       Posted September 14, 2012 at 5:42 PM | Permalink

       Chatting up a maid behind the building…?

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       • BeetlesBane
         Posted September 15, 2012 at 12:48 AM | Permalink

         Higher placed in better surroundings; altghough the text isn’t completely explicit.

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     • Pix
       Posted September 14, 2012 at 9:07 PM | Permalink

       Oh, we did not skip over stuff Beowulf. My teacher loved Beowulf and we read it in all of its unedited glory.

       But she really didn’t like Gilgamesh… I think she was eager to get to King Arthur.

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