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line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 2000 BC and found inscribed on 12 tablets at Nineveh, is the earliest known epic. The Epic...

we will discuss two stories involving journeys -- the ancient Babylonian story of Gilgamesh, and Voltaires Candide. Written abou...

In five pages the religious views of the Sumerians as represented in the Epic of Gilgamesh are contrasted and compared with contem...

This essay pertains to the epics of Gilgamesh and Beowulf and their respective life journeys to maturity. Seven pages in length, s...

This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...

millennium BC, but probably existed in much the same form many centuries earlier" ("Gilgamesh," gilgamesh.html). Gilgamesh tell...

In five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...

In five pages this paper explores the homosexual or bisexual tendencies as revealed in his relationship with Enkidu in the Epic of...

In 5 pages this paper considers the significance of the Great Flood story retelling in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Book of Ge...

author does not present stories of his political maneuverings or military battles. Instead, the story is told about a singular ma...

among four children in his family. The father was an intelligent, religious man, a hard-working storekeeper and an important leade...

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the First Amendment rights are being violated by a school function's religious ...

Epic of Gilgamesh. Who was Gilgamesh? According to Biblical scholars who have researched ancient scrolls, Gilgamesh was a ...

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...

and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...

In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...

This 10 page paper examines the way writers have treated women in mythology. The writer examines The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Metamo...

the many delights of civilization, and thus showing Enkidu this type of pleasure is important (PG). Enkidu himself however sees i...

end of the epic. This is different from the Homeric hero Odysseus for we generally like this man right from the beginning. The god...

(Tablet XI). As this indicates the Babylonian myth does not associate the disaster of the floor with any sort of immorality. Lik...

human condition then and now. Throughout the course of the story, Gilgamesh takes several physical journeys. However, the one mo...

who is as strong as Gilgamesh (Sandars, 1987). In order for Enkidu to be a civilizing force on Gilgamesh, he must first be initi...

As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...