Gilgamesh Goes Greek: Teaching the Epic as the "College Experience"

Steven Patterson

doi:10.65959/eaa.947

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Gilgamesh Goes Greek: Teaching the Epic as the "College Experience"

Author: Steven Patterson

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Keywords: China and Inner Asia, Literature

How to Cite: Patterson, S. (2010) “Gilgamesh Goes Greek: Teaching the Epic as the "College Experience"”, Education About Asia. 15(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.65959/eaa.947

Teachers in the Ancient Near East could beat their students for minor infractions and general inattention, and while no teacher today could mimic this behavior, the world of the Ancient Near East is not as remote to today’s school environment as one might think.