Question
Likely the earliest literary discussion of suicidal ideation is “The Debate Between a Man and his Soul,” which is a text in this language’s didactic sebayt literature. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ancient language used to write “Instructions of Amenemhat” and a “Book of the Dead” that discusses the ba of the soul.
ANSWER: Ancient Egyptian [or Middle Egyptian]
[10m] A work of didactic Egyptian literature, in which the scribe Kheti explains each profession’s faults before concluding that the scribe is best, is usually known in English as “[this genre] of the Trades.” Menippus of Gadara names a Greek style of this genre.
ANSWER: satires [accept “Satire of the Trades” or Menippean satire]
[10h] In another Egyptian story, a giant serpent offers advice to a man who has just undergone one of these events. The title characters are separated from their companions by one of these events near Pelusium in the ancient romance Leucippe and Clitophon.
ANSWER: shipwrecks [or being marooned; accept descriptive answers indicating a disaster at sea or in the ocean; prompt on thunderstorm]
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