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  2. Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) [2] is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames" [3]), king of Uruk, some of which may date back to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BCE). [1]

  3. Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /, [7] / ɡ ɪ l ˈ ɡ ɑː m ɛ ʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9] [a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.

  4. Epic poetry - Wikipedia

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    The oldest epic recognized is the Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2500–1300 BCE), which was recorded in ancient Sumer during the Neo-Sumerian Empire. The poem details the exploits of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk. Although recognized as a historical figure, Gilgamesh, as represented in the epic, is a largely legendary or mythical figure. [5]

  5. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů) - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh (Czech: Epos o Gilgamešovi) is an oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů composed in 1954–1955 near Nice in France, [1] and premiered in 1958 [2] in Basel, Switzerland, with a title and text in German, as Das Gilgamesch-Epos. [3]

  6. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    The Free Besieged by Dionysios Solomos (1828–1851) The Fall of Nineveh by Edwin Atherstone (1828–1868) Creation, Man and the Messiah by Henrik Wergeland (1829) The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin (1833) Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1833) Messiah's Kingdom by Agnes Bulmer (1833) Pan Tadeusz by ...

  7. Bull of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    In Tablet VI of the standard Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, after Gilgamesh repudiates her sexual advances, Ishtar goes to Heaven, where she complains to her mother Antu and her father Anu. [8] She demands that Anu give her the Bull of Heaven [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and threatens that, if he refuses, she will smash the gates of the Underworld and raise the ...

  8. Gilgamesh flood myth - Wikipedia

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    Gilgamesh, who wants to overcome death, cannot even conquer sleep. As Gilgamesh is leaving, Utnapishtim's wife asks her husband to offer a parting gift. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh of a boxthorn-like plant at the very bottom of the ocean that will make him young again. Gilgamesh obtains the plant by binding stones to his feet so he can walk on ...

  9. Andrew R. George - Wikipedia

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    Andrew R. George (born 1955) is a British Assyriologist and academic best known for his edition and translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.Andrew George is Professor of Babylonian, Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.