[PDF.05lc] Princess, Priestess, Poet: The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna (Classics and the Ancient World)

Princess, Priestess, Poet: The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna (Classics and the Ancient World)

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 | #645581 in Books |  Meador Betty De Shong Maier John |  2010-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

 | Princess Priestess Poet The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna

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||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A warrior of words armed with a tablet and stylus.|By Erebus|An interesting history behind a talented woman raised to the tumultuous rise of the Akkadian Empire as the daughter of an Akkadian father and Sumerian mother. However, we are only given excerpts of her poetry and are given more of a grand tour of the deities of the Sumerian pantheon. Enheduanna's passionate relation| |"Meador succeeds in presenting very unusual poetic material (translated beautifully) and in providing historical and cultural material that is still, alas, not well known to modern readers. [This work] is exceptional in succeeding at these difficult purposes."

Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written for forty-two temples throughout the southern half of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization now known as Sumer.

Each of her hymns confirmed to the worshipers in each city the patron deity's unique character and significance. The collected hymns became part of the literary canon of the remarkable Sumerian culture...

You easily download any file type for your device.Princess, Priestess, Poet: The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna (Classics and the Ancient World)   |  Betty De Shong Meador.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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