Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ancient Literature/ September 29

Please read pages 119-152 in the Pharaoh's Book.

Use corrections and complete finished product for essay.

Read Tablet 1 of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
If your text is not in poetry form please read the first tablet at www.ancienttexts/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh
I think you will appreciate the text more if you read it aloud.

Vocabulary:
1.telltale- that gives warning or information
2. temerity-recklessness
3. teem- to be full to overflowing
4. tangent- touching
5. taciturn- disciplined ti conversation
6. synod- ecclesiastical council
7. supplicate- to beg
8. supple- easily bent
9.swarthy- having a dark hue
10. supine- lying on the back


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