Flowers of gold flare (1)

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Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 9.5-6:
[When he had achieved eleven leagues, he c]ame out before the sun; [when he had achieved twelve leagues,] radiance prevailed. All [ … ...] thorn-bushes of (precious) stone … Carnelian was bearing its fruit … Lapis lazuli was bearing foliage, fruit it was bearing, wonderful to behold.

Pindar, Olympian Ode 66-73:
But in the presence of the honored gods, those who gladly kept their oaths enjoy a life without tears, while the others undergo a toil that is unbearable to look at. Those who have persevered three times, on either side, to keep their souls free from all wrongdoing, follow Zeus’ road to the end, to the tower of Kronos, where ocean breezes blow around the island of the blessed, and flowers of gold are blazing, some from splendid trees on land, while water nurtures others.

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Gilgameš Epic (SBV) 9.5-6
Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.66-73

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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