Discovering the Ancient World

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The Story of Creation -- Norse Page 2
The Story of Creation -- Greek Page 5
Hurakan and Gucumatz -- The Story of Creation from Central America Page 6
Ra and Sekhmet -- The Story of Creation from Egypt Page 7
The Flood by Ovid -- Roman Page 11
The Yellow Emperor and the Great Flood -- China Page 12
Manu and the Fish -- India Page 13
The Story of the Flood from the Epic of Gilgamesh Page 16
Deucalion’s Flood -- Greek Flood Story Page 17
The Coming of Evil Page 18
Summary of Part 1
from the Epic of Gilgamesh Page 19
Part 2 -- The Forest Journey
from the Epic of Gilgamesh Page 25
Part 3 -- Ishtar and Gilgamesh, and the Death of Enkidu Page 30
Part 4 -- The Search for Everlasting Life Page 34
Hieroglyphic alphabet chart Page 35
Egyptian poetry Page 36
The Story of Sinuhe -- Egyptian short story Page 42
The Tale of the Doomed Prince Page 44
Theseus and the Minotaur -- Greek Page 46
Daedalus and Icarus -- Greek Page 47
The Golden Reed Pipe -- Yao Folktale Page 50
The Vulnerable Spot -- Yi Folktale Page 51
The Legend of Silk Page 52
Aryan Hymns from the Rig Veda Page 54
A Prayer to the Gods of Night -- Old Babylonian poem Page 55
Selections from the Code of Hammurabi Page 57
List of Characters for the Iliad Page 60
Book 1 -- Quarrel, Oath, and Promise of the Iliad by Homer Page 78
Book 2 -- Assembly and Muster of Armies Page 103
Book 16 -- A Ship Fired, A Tide Turned Page 126
Book 24 -- A Grace Given in Sorrow Page 105
Book 9 of the Odyssey by Homer Page 58
Writing with Pictures Page 159
Scythian Origin Myth & Account of the Scyths by Herodotus Institute for Excellence in Writing Teaching Writing Structure & Style is added to all Literature assignments. Styles are practiced throughout all assignments. Literature books available for purchase at shop.trisms.com