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In the 1850s, thousands of tablets recording the oldest known epic poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, were discovered at the site of the ancient city of Nineveh. Let's discover the plot and meanings of this ancient story, also noting how it influenced all the fundamental texts of our tradition, from the Homeric epics to the Bible.
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Sources and insights:
Dalley S., Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others, 1989
Foster B. R., The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2001
George A., The Epic of Gilgamesh - a new translation, 1999
Smith G., The CHALDEAN ACCOUNT of GENESIS, containing the description of the creation, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom, the times of patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the cuneiform inscriptions, 1876
West M. L., The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth, 1997
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Chapters:
00:00 Sîn-lēqi-unninni's version
01:31 Tablet I - Of him who knew the most of all men know
06:22 Tablets II-IV - Gilgamesh and Enkidu
10.17 Tablet V - Humbaba
12.52 Tablet VI - Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven
16:23 Tablets VII-VIII - The death of Enkidu
18:43 Tablets IX-XI - Utnapishtim and eternal life
24:54 Tablet XII - Journey to the Underworld
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"Desert Caravan" by Aaron Kenny
"Legend of the King" by Whitesand