Gilgamesh
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Abode | Yird |
Symbol | Bull, Lion |
Parents | Lugalbanda an Ninsun |
Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/; 𒄑𒂆𒈦, Gilgameš, oreeginally Bilgamesh 𒄑𒉈𒂵𒈩) is the main character in the Epic o Gilgamesh, an Akkadian poem that is considered the first great wirk o leeteratur,[1]
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- ↑ Keys, David (16 November 1998). "First lines of oldest epic poem found". The Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
The beginning of the world's first truly great work of literature - the 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, the poem on which the story of Noah and the Flood was probably based - has been discovered in a British Museum storeroom.