preview

Epic Of Gilgamesh Research Paper

Decent Essays
Open Document

An epic is a long heroic poem, typically from an ancient story, narrating the deeds and adventures of a hero. One example of an epic is The epic of Gilgamesh, this epic is an important piece of literary work to us because its the oldest epic written and recorded in history which predates Homer’s writings by 1500 years. It gives us insights about their lives at an early time and age. The Epic of Gilgamesh was modernly discovered at the third dynasty of Uruk, written on 2150-1400 BC. Real author’s of the epic poem is still anonymous until today. The recent completed,edited version of the book was discovered not long around the 600 BC, who signed the book by a Babylonian author and editor named Sin-Leqi-Unninni. Although The Epic of Gilgamesh

Get Access