Gilgamesh
- A king that built a place for the Gods Anu and Ishtar
- Uruk= ancient sumerian city
- 1/3 man, 2/3 god
Iliad
- Achilleus and Hektor battle out
- Ach wants revenge for his countrymen that Hektor killed.
- Athene thinks it is fate for Hektor to die so she abandons Hektor and aids Achilleus.
- Hektor killed Achilleus' partner, Patroklos
- Hektor gets stabbed in the neck with a spear and is forced to sit, bleeding as vengence
A History of the English Church and People
- Belgic Gaul is south of English island
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prosperous and promising English land
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Latin medium for scriptures
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Britons-original inhabitants
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then Scythians came to north Isish coast (W of Britain) and found Scots
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Pictish settlers rejected from settling in Ireland
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sent to go to Britain, promised help to fight if they resisted
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settles in north, Britons in south
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king comes from lady's side as part of agreement to marry into Pictish families, if needed
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Ireland more pleasant with no reptiles or snakes, immune to poison
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Scots originally from Ireland, migrated to Britain
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- East Anglia and Northumbria harrassed Wessex
- Wessex built large ships to fight off
- Danes and King Alfred fought? at the Isle of Wales?
- Danes lost but saved by tide.
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