11th century BC

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Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

1st Samuel 17:45

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Topic

David and Goliath

Speaker

David

Source

1st Samuel The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1010 BC 1010s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Samuel 17:45)

How much better is thy love than wine!

Song of Solomon 4:10

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Topic

Sex

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 4:10).

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Song of Solomon 8:7

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 8:7).

From the days of old there is no permanence. The sleeping and the dead, how alike they are, they are like a painted death. What is there between the master and the servant when both have fulfilled their doom?

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Topic

Impermanence Sleep and death Equality in death

Source

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Akkadian

Time

1000 BC 1000s BC 11th century BC

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Anonymous. The Epic of Gilgamesh, n. d.

Current Citation

Anonymous. The Epic of Gilgamesh, edited by Benjamin R. Foster. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

Do not set your heart on wealth…
Do not strain to seek increase,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come by theft,
They will not stay the night with you….
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.

Amenemope

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Topic

Detachment from wealth Wealth

Author

Amenemope

Source

The Instruction of Amenemope

Genre

Wisdom literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Egyptian/Hieroglypics

Time

1075 BC 1070s BC 11th century BC

Era

Egyptian New Kingdom

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Amenemope. The Instruction of Amenemope. 11 century BC.

Current Citation

Amenemope. "The Instruction of Amenemope." The Literature of Ancient Egypt, edited by William Kelly Simpson, translated by Robert T. K. Ritner, William Kelly Simpson, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente, Jr. Yale University Press, 2003.