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Jan 2020
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Ancient Guys Doing Crazy Things (The Epi...

Liv Albert
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Part two of the Mesopotamian epic, the first recorded work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh!

 

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

 

Sources: The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by Andrew George; https://www.ancient.eu/Mesopotamia/; http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/index.html.

 

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