The Epic of Gilgamesh: Rise of Enkidu

The Ancients

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🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest surviving works of storytelling from history. Written in ancient Mesopotamia over three thousand years ago, this epic poem recounts the fabled tale of King Gilgamesh of Uruk and the forging of his friendship with Enkidu, a wild man sent by the Gods to keep Gilgamesh on the right path.

In this episode of the Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Sophus Helle to explore and recount this oldest of myths - first written in Old Babylonian on cuneiform tablets - and discover how it became a foundational work in the tradition of heroic sagas.

This episode was edited by Aidan Lonergan and produced by Joseph Knight

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1:15.2	to survive from antiquity, the Epic of Gilgamesh, written in Mesopotamia more than 3,000
1:22.4	years ago. Now over the next two episodes we are
1:26.0	going to be talking you through this amazing story in great detail with
1:29.7	the writer, translator, and a seriologist, Dr. Sophus Helen.
1:34.3	Sophus is an expert on the epic, he has even translated it into Danish.
1:39.2	This man knows his stuff.
1:41.6	Now in this pilot episode, we cover the first part of the epic.
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