The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Call Number: 892 EPIISBN: 9780140449198Publication Date: 2003-04-29An English translation of the poem of Gilgamesh, the oldest epic poem in history, which has been preserved for thousands of years on clay tablets, recounting the adventures of the king of Uruk.
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, predates Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, The Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death.
The Flood Tablet, 11th cuneiform tablet in a series relating the Gilgamesh epic, from Nineveh, 7th century bce; in the British Museum, London.
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Epic of GilgameshMLA 9 Citation
"Epic of Gilgamesh." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 May. 2020. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Epic-of-Gilgamesh/475964#. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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The development and meaning of the Epic of Gilgamesh: an interpretive essayThis essay traces the history of the several major versions (Old Babylonian, eleven-tablet, and twelve-tablet) of the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh and examines the development of meaning from one version to the next. The focus is on the underlying conflict or conflicts that define and impart power to the work, that is, the conflict between the extraordinary and the normal. We will notice that in the Epic there is a constant conflict between the heroic values that the warrior-hero Gilgamesh represents and those other existential values that defined Mesopotamian culture and that appear in the Epic in the form of Gilgamesh's several non-heroic identities: in the Old Babylonian version, the conflict is that of hero versus man; in the eleven-tablet version that of hero versus king; and in the twelve-tablet version that of hero versus god.
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The foundation of existentialism in the oldest story ever told: The Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh is considered as one of the first stories ever told, which dates back to approximately 3,000 B.C. Yet, this ancient story addresses some of the basic premises of existentialism, particularly as explored in the works of Kierkegaard, Buber, and Heidegger. This paper is an existential analysis of the story, its hero, and the deeper messages of this timeless portrayal of grappling with death and search for meaning, whose many lessons pertain aptly to the struggles of the 21st century human existence. It also, convincingly, conveys the message that what we refer to as existentialism is perhaps as old as humanity itself, and not simply a product of the 19th or the 20th century. This 'voice' from the distant past calls us to approach life in an engaged, passionate manner, while fully remaining aware of its uncertain, ephemeral nature.
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The Gilgamesh Epic and HomerMLA 9 Citation
Gresseth, Gerald K. “The Gilgamesh Epic and Homer.” The Classical Journal, vol. 70, no. 4, 1975, pp. 1–18. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3295760. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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Queer Representation in Gilgamesh and the IliadQueer analysis of the Epic by Cecilia Ellis published in Adventures in Applied Classics.
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The Epic of GilgameshA brief overview and analysis from John Carey an emeritus professor at Oxford.
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Piecing Together an Ancient Epic Was Slow Work. Until A.I. Got Involved.Scholars have struggled to identify fragments of the epic of Gilgamesh — one of the world’s oldest literary texts. Now A.I. has brought an “extreme acceleration” to the field.
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An Ancient Tablet, Stolen Then Acquired By Hobby Lobby, Will Be Returned To IraqA 3,500-year-old clay tablet that was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago is headed back to Iraq.