Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem recounting the adventures of King Gilgamesh. It is considered one of the earliest surviving great works of literature and a foundational text for heroic narratives.

Sources for Epic of Gilgamesh

• Read the full text
• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11000
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh in Epics

Held in the Epics chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.

• Homer — The Iliad (−750)
• Homer — The Odyssey (−725)
• Virgil — The Aeneid (−19)
• Beowulf (anonymous, Old English) (1000)
• Vyasa (attrib.) — The Mahabharata (−400)
• Valmiki (attrib.) — The Ramayana (−500)
• Luo Guanzhong — Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Kuo) (1400)
• Ferdowsi — Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (1010)
• Elias Lönnrot (compiler) — The Kalevala (1849)
• Apollonius of Rhodes — The Argonautica (Jason and the Golden Fleece) (−250)
• Statius — The Thebaid (Seven Against Thebes) (92)
• Snorri Sturluson — The Prose Edda (1220)
• The Poetic Edda (anonymous, Old Norse) (1270)
• The Saga of the Volsungs (1270)
• Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) (1100)
• The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (1450)
• The Book of Dede Korkut (1300)