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Do not listen to disputes (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
sayings
wisdom
Period
Greek Archaic Age
Sumerian Ur III Empire 		Channel
Greek poets
Sumerian texts

Text
Instructions of Šuruppak 22-31:
Do not roam about where people quarrel [ … ] as a witness in the quarrel! … Stay far away from quarrel, go the other way from taunt!

Counsels of Wisdom 31-36:
At a hearing do not go as a bystander; where there is a dispute, do not loiter … In the face of a dispute, cut loose, don’t concern yourself.

Hesiod, Works and Days 27-31:
Perses, lay this down in your heart, and may the Strife who exults in misfortune not keep your heart from work, a spectator of disputes, a listener at the debate. Little business has a man with disputes and debates who has not food for the year laid up at home.

Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Counsels of Wisdom 31-36
Hesiod, Works and Days 27-31
Instructions of Šuruppak 22-31

Bibliography

West 1997, 309West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus


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