Aqhat
Download a free PDF of the illustrated story of AQHAT, translated by N. Wyatt, a fragmentary epic from the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit.
The poem’s crisis revolves around the hero’s wonderful bow, built by the god Kothar, which he apparently receives as a coming-of-age gift, representing his arrival to the peak of life and strength—a fitting symbol in this age of chariot-warfare.
The published and complete version may be found in: “He unfurrowed his brow and laughed” : essays in honour of professor Nicolas Wyatt, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2007. I drew this in Nicosia in 2003 in collaboration with Robert Allen.
