Anybody tell me about the ancient book "Gilgamesh"?

Answer 1

Gilgamesh is one of the oldest recorded stories in the world. It tells the story of an ancient King of Uruk, Gilgamesh, who may have actually existed, and whose name is on the Sumerian King List. The story of Gilgamesh, in various Sumerian versions, was originally widely known in the third millennium B.C. After a long history of retellings, this story was recorded, in a standardized Akkadian version, in the seventh century B.C., and stored in the famous library of King Assurbanipal.

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM

Fun fact: It includes a story of an epic flood long before the Bible. The difference: The gods drown the humans (all but a select few) because the mortals are "too noisy."

Answer 2

"The ancient book, Epic of Gilgamesh, describes Gilgamesh as two-thirds god and one-third human, a super-human king who oppressed the people. It is interesting that a “sky-god” named Anu came to the people’s defense by creating a beast, Enkidu, that became a rival to Gilgamesh. Also, Gilgamesh built a great city named Uruk. The similarities between this and the ancient city of Ur, in Iraq, are unmistakable..."

Answer 3

Gilgamesh is a character in a book called Beyowolf.

Answer 4

Wasn't he a smurf?

Answer 5

You can read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

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