The Epic of Gilgamesh #11

This is the wall of Uruk, which no city on earth can equal.

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[em17ysdad]

Great! I enjoyed every minute

[helvis213]

@em17ysdad

Glad you enjoyed!

[JulianCallens]

Giglamesh's epic makes me think about how the human condition has not changed at all over the millenia, how our fears and wants are the same.

[helvis213]

@JulianCallens

I agree!

[41312111]

awesome man thank u!

[hunterusmc18]

I wish Holywood would stop making so many fucked up movies and bring stories like this one back to life.........outstanding work thank you so much for shareing

[foresakenlion]

Wait wait, so since he was never supposed to survive Enlil had mercy forgave him and made them immortal but removed them from normal human existence so they couldn't effect things.

[ElZenom]

Does it really stop like this? I feel like there's something missing yet when I searched around most of his story stopped here too.

[AuzLatino]

And a certain few who know the truth :)

[AuzLatino]

Far out makes you wonder if the Noah story in the bible was a copy, but then again who knows, Only YHVH, God ;)

[yoeydude]

Time has no meaning to the Human Condition

[craigpsimpson]

Joyce was right, literature is the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man.  Across the ages, from Sumeria to here, mankind endures and expresses. I love this species and its stories.

[TheMimeGogo]

no #12? :(

[Caspar33]

I salute you - a prodigious achievement. It demonstrates how perfectly the oral tradition of story telling of the ancient civilisations worked. The Golden Ass, Homer's work, The Mahabarata and indeed great chunks of the Bible have all become immortal stories because they are so good, so well constructed; honed and perfected through untold numbers of listeners and story tellers. And you have carried on that tradition - brought it to many who have never heard it before.

[jonboy44ify]

Brilliant.. parts 1 - 11 straight through... no break! Wish i learned this at school... i might have gone more lol

[yourjaneinlights]

Thanks for the effort in uploading this! My modern brain has had so much trouble trying to read this in one sitting. I'm reading in nk sandars' version, and I noticed that the part where the harlot meets enkidu and seduces him is sort of titillating in both versions. Do you suppose this is just silliness on my part, or was it intended to catch the attentions of the original audience and arouse them?