Epic of Gilgamesh

From Wiki "The story starts with an introduction to Gilgamesh of Uruk, the greatest king on earth, two-thirds god and one-third human, as the strongest King-God who ever existed. The introduction describes his glory and praises the brick city walls of Uruk. The people in the time of Gilgamesh, however, are not happy. They complain that he is too harsh and abuses his power by sleeping with women before their husbands do, so the goddess of creation Aruru creates the mighty wild-man Enkidu. Enkidu starts bothering the shepherds and jostles the animals at the watering hole. A trapper complains to Gilgamesh, the king sends the woman Shamhat who was a temple prostitute—a nadītu or hierodule in Greek. The body contact with Shamhat civilizes Enkidu, and after six days and seven nights, he is no longer a wild beast who lives with animals. Shamhat convinces Enkidu to come to Uruk and be a man of society." From Derrek Hines' translation of Gilgamesh "after seven nights of love, as a man might, Enkidu lost his understanding of animal speech but it was a fair trade" soo000oooo0o0o0o0ooooo sensual