Epic Of Gilgamesh
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Written | c. 2100 BC |
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Original language | Akkadian |
Country | Mesopotamia |
Editors | Sîn-lēqi-unninni |
Characters | Enkidu |
Utnapishtim | |
Humbaba | |
Shamhat | |
Ishtar | |
Gugalanna | |
Gilgamesh | |
Shamash | |
Dumuzi | |
Genres | Epic Poetry |
Poetry | |
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ID | 910981 |
About Epic Of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Bilgamesh, king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur.