Describe how Gilgamesh, the Iliad and the Odyssey share the devices of the epic?
- In what ways is it appropriate or ironic that the returned Odysseus takes the disguise of an old beggar?
- Exemplify the central theme of the Old Testament
- In Tablet XI of Gilgamesh, a serpent steals the magic plant capable of restoring youth. Compare the role and meaning of the serpent with the one in Genesis 3
- The translators comment that the world of Aesop's Fables lacks "any political system other than absolute monarchy." What marks of absolute kingship appear in the Fables?