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Ancient Literature
Epic Poetry
Vocabulary
Gilgamesh Prelude
Literary Devices
100
Cuneiform writing was written on this type of tablet
What is clay
100
An epic poem contains this type of protagonist
What is an epic hero
100
Dark or Gray
What is somber
100
Gilgamesh is this part god and this part man
What is 2/3 god and 1/3 man
100
Repetition of similar sounds
What is alliteration
200
This group of people produced Gilgamesh
Who are the Sumerians
200
An epic poem normally contains elements of this spooky theme
What is the supernatural
200
Act goes beyond limits or laws
What is a transgression
200
Gilgamesh forces his people to do this
What is build walls and towers
200
Comparison using "like or as"
What is a simile
300
Babylonia was a city in this land
What is Mesopotamia
300
These two epic poems are were both part of the Greek and Latin origins
What is the Iliad and the Odyssey
300
A deadly disease
What is a pestilence
300
The gods solution for Gilgamesh's people
What is send Enkidu to defeat him
300
Comparison between two similar things
What is a metaphor
400
The ancient land that gave us Gilgamesh sat between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
400
This epic poem was of Anglo-Saxons origins
What is Beowulf
400
A great flood
What is deluge
400
Gilgamesh and Enkidu destroyed this animal
What is a bull
400
Two-word metaphorical name for something
What is a kenning
500
The land on which these ancient people lived was also referred to as this
What is the fertile crescent
500
Epic poems are still around today because of this form of communication
What is oral tradition
500
Danger
What is ominous
500
Gilgamesh and Enkidu stole this from the forbidden forest
What are trees
500
Brief phrase which characterizes a person, place, or thing
What is an epithet