Both Uses
meteor
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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- I was full of joy, the young heroes were round me and I walked through the night under the stars of the firmament, and one, a meteor of the stuff of Anu, fell down from heaven.†
Book 1 *meteor = a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
- Then Ninsun, who is well-beloved and wise, said to Gilgamesh, 'This star of heaven which descended like a meteor from the sky; which you tried to lift, but found too heavy, when you tried to move it it would not budge, and so you brought it to my feet; I made it for you, a goad and spur, and you were drawn as though to a woman.†
Book 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(meteor) a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock (a meteoroid) burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)