Gilgamesh
The Mesopotamian Hero of an Epic Poem Written in Akkadian

“I will reveal to you a mystery, I will tell you a secret of the gods.” There is something very humbling about reading stories written more than 4,000 years ago. One of the most fascinating things about The Epic of Gilgamesh is how you can easily see the influence it has had on Homer and Judeo-C......more

Fun fact: The epic of Gilgamesh has the earliest known version of the phrase hold my beer. Come on, you had to know it was only a matter of time before I went and ruined the oldest story we have. There is more than one translation of this story, so just think of this as mine. Gilgam-ish, we'll call it.......more

Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Anonymous, Stephen Mitchell Gilgamesh: A New English Version is a book about Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell. It was published in New York by The Free Press in 2004, ISBN 978-0-7432-6164-7. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about 'Bilgam......more

"لأنه ليس من قدر الإنسان أن يحيا إلى الأبد ولكن لإنجازاته أن تخلد اسمه للأجيال اللاحقة" "As for human beings, their days are numbered, and only their achievements that could establish their name to the latter generations." The oldest discovered "truly literature" epic ever in history, the immortal o......more

”The one who saw the abyss I will make the land know; Of him who knew all, let me tell the whole story ...in the same way... Is there a king like him anywhere? Who like Gilgamesh can boast, ‘I am the king!’ From the day of his birth Gilgamesh was called by name.” An exorcist priest named Sin-Leqi-Unni......more