the epic of gilgamesh took place in ancient mesopotamia.
the epic of gilgamesh took place in ancient mesopotamia.
where did the epic of gilgamesh take place?
ancient mesopotamia
gilgamesh was a historical king of the sumerian city-state of uruk, a major hero in ancient mesopotamian mythology, and the protagonist of the "epic of gilgamesh", an epic poem written in akkadian during the late second millennium bc. he likely ruled between 2800 and 2500 bc and was posthumously deified. he became a major figure in sumerian legends during the third dynasty of ur ( 2112 – 2004 bc). tales of gilgamesh's legendary exploits are narrated in five surviving sumerian poems. the earliest of these is probably "gilgamesh, enkidu, and the netherworld", in which gilgamesh comes to the aid of the goddess inanna and drives away the creatures infesting her "huluppu" tree. she gives him two unknown objects called a "mikku" and a "pikku", which he loses. after enkidu's death, his shade tells gilgamesh about the bleak conditions in the underworld. the poem "gilgamesh and agga" describes gilgamesh's revolt against his overlord king agga. other sumerian poems relate gilgamesh's defeat of the ogre huwawa and the bull of heaven and a fifth, poorly preserved one apparently describes his death and funeral.
gilgamesh
bullet::::- gilgamesh and huwawa, version a









































bullet::::- gilgamesh and huwawa, version b









































bullet::::- gilgamesh and the bull of heaven









































bullet::::- gilgamesh and aga









































bullet::::- gilgamesh, enkidu and the nether world









































bullet::::- the death of gilgamesh









































bullet::::- the 1901 full text translation of the "epic of gilgamesh" by william muss-arnolt









































bullet::::- , edited by morris jastrow, translated by albert t. clay









































bullet::::- gilgamesh by richard hooker (wsu.edu)









































bullet::::- "the epic of gilgamesh", complete academic translation by r. campbell thompson









































bullet::::- "the epic of gilgamesh" by kovacs, m.g.
epic of gilgamesh