Gilgamesh, It’s Gonna Be Epic

Join us as we discuss one humanity’s oldest stories: The Epic of Gilgamesh!

Written over 4,000 years ago, this legenddary tale covers themes of adventure, responsibility, mortality, mortality, and friendship. Between wrestling, battling monsters, beer drinking, and challenging the destiny set by the gods we follow the buddies Gilgamesh and Enkidu through a story that inspired the heroes of Homer and Virgil. Come with us as we get to the bottom of some human questions in our discussion of this great Mesopotamian myth.

The recommended translation is by Stephen Mitchell, which brings in fragments of Hittite, Akkadian, and orher languages to make up where the Sumerian tablets broke off: https://amzn.to/44ef58V

That being said feel free to bring other translations and we can to compare.