Episode 3: He Who Saw the Deep (The Epic of Gilgamesh)

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed 3,000-5,000 years ago, and first translated in the 1860s and 70s, was one of the greatest literary discoveries of all time. Photo Credit for Mask of Sargon Statue: Hans Ollermann Andrew George's Translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin) Benjamin Foster's Before the Muses (Enormous Anthology of Akkadian Literature) Episode 3 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-003/ Episode 3 Transcription: https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-003-he-who-saw-the-deep Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJurdC3OIg Bonus Content: https://literatureandhistory.com/bonus-content Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/literatureandhistory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@literatureandhistorypodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/literatureandhistorypodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/literatureandhistory TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lahpodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lahpodcast.bsky.social X https://x.com/lahpodcast