“Unable to stand up, unable to sit down, he laments.<br>Unabl…”

“Unable to stand up, unable to sit down, he laments.<br>Unable to eat, unable to drink, he laments.<br>Held fast by the door-bolt of Namtar, he is unable to rise. [...] Like a gazelle caught in a trap.”

— Gilgamesh

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Title: Wikiquote: Gilgamesh
Type: reference · Secondary source

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Gilgamesh. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Gilgamesh. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilgamesh

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