ABSTRACT
The Baal Cycle tablets, along with those pertaining to the Kirta and Aqhat epics, were discovered in the House of the High Priest during the first seasons of excavation. The Baal Cycle speaks about the kind of things that happen in Bronze Age politics, not particular political events. The wisdom the poem displays could have been acquired earlier in Ugarit's history. The chapter discusses any of the interactions between deities in the Baal Cycle take the form of diplomatic relations. In addition to recognizing political terminology in the Baal Cycle, scholars have begun to pay special attention to the familial relationships among the poem's deities. The Baal Cycle's image of international political relationships harnesses a potential inherent in ancient Near Eastern polytheism. Deities of the day were often understood to be attached to a particular city or region, often as its patron.
