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Thirsty to fight (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Literary motifs and topoi 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.01 Imperial languages 11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features 11.01.05.04 Literary motifs and topoi Tukulti-Ninurta epic 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.02 Royal epics and legends 04.02.04 Tukulti-Ninurta epic	Keywords bloodthirst
Period 7th century BCE Greek Archaic Age Middle Assyrian Empire	Channel Akkadian poetry Greek poets

Text
Tukulti-Ninurta Epic 5.A.52’:
And in the eyes of the warriors (it seemed that) as on the day of thirst, they were sating themselves with death.

Archilochus 125:
I crave the fight with you, as if thirsting to drink.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Archilochus 125
Tukulti-Ninurta Epic 5.A.52’

Bibliography

West 1997, 502

West, 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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