Chapter 13 Lecture Two of Two

1. Chapter 13Lecture Two of Two The Quest for Eternal Life ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

2. The Quest for Eternal Life • Gilgamesh’s quest • Utnapishtim • = Ziusudra, Atrahasis, Noah • Lions • Mashu • Scorpion Men • Siduri • Your quest is hopeless ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

3. The Quest for Eternal Life • Utnapishtim granted immortality • The story of the flood • Enlil interceded for him because of his service during the flood • The test of sleep • The herb • Went back to Uruk and engraved his tale on a stone ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

4. The Hero Caught between Nature and Culture ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

5. Between Nature and Culture • The quest for knowledge about death could not be Egyptian • They knew the answers and didn’t fear death • Natural versus culture • Understandable dichotomy in a culture where “civilization” began • Enkidu, the natural man who falls because of a sexual “sin” and becomes “wise” • Cf. Adam and Eve ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

6. Between Nature and Culture • After his own quest, Gilgamesh dons once again the accoutrements of a civilized man ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

7. Folktale Motifs and Heroic Myths ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

8. Folktale Motifs and Heroic Myths • Factual (legendary) basis • There was a king of Uruk named Gilgamesh • His story over time acquires stock elements of folktale and heroic myth • It sets a pattern for typical heroic myth ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

9. Folktale Motifs and Heroic Myths ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

10. Folktale Motifs and Heroic Myths ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

11. Tolkien's Modern Hero in The Lord of the Rings Perspective 13 ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

12. Lord of the Rings • The central figure, Frodo, is a reluctant hero, but share many characteristics with classical heroes. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

13. Observations: Heroic Nudity ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

14. Heroic Nudity • The tradition of nudity starts after the Bronze Age • Homer’s heroes are not referred to nude, except Odysseus, who’s ashamed • Perhaps associated with Greek athletics, which was in the nude • Greek koroi were nude, unlike Egyptian statues, which the Greek resemble in many ways ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

15. Heroic Nudity • Female nudes are late – the Late Classical Period (400 BC – ) • Becomes Heroic Nudity and imitated even by Roman artists to show their patron’s “connection” the Greek heroic past. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

16. Heroic Nudity Fig 13.3 Fig. 13.4 National Archaeological Museum, Athens; Scala/Art Resource, New York The Art Archive / Museo Nazionale Palazzo Altemps. Rome; Gianni Dagli Orti ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

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