Henderson’s first characteristic is the hero’s “miraculous but humble birth” (110). The epic does not tell us about Gilgamesh’s birth. It may be miraculous, since he is two-thirds divine and only one-third mortal; indeed, from a biological standpoint it would have to be.
This is what happens when I have to write fifteen pages for a class that I find patently ridiculous. Someone take Macavity* away from me, stat.
Next week, on either Friday or Saturday, I'm going to see
Spectral Theatre's Dead Ends IV: Back to Badenoch. If you want to come, you should let me know, but I will go alone if I have to, because I've been waiting for this for a year. So. There you have it.
Eeeeyurgh, back to the books.
Titus reading tomorrow evening! 4:30! Come! I have food!
*My laptop, for the new people.