Epic Hero (Gilgamesh Saga)

Smithsonian Magazine ^ | 5-1-2007 | Daqvid Damrosch

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[doodad]

I read that yesterday while home sick. Very interesting considering he was uneducated according to the standards of the day.

[rogue yam]

What a story! Great post. Thanks.

[Captain Rhino]

Great article. Thanks for posting.

[Little Bill]

I have have a friend of mine who's rather disreputable ancestor was British Council at Smyrna, when Layard went to Nineveh, terrible drunk, according to his family lore.

Booze seemed be a problem in the family, his great grandfather was exiled, by the family, to the US and was on that Gun Boat, on display at Vicksburg, when it was sunk. (He had the papers on both)

We start talking about it because I had several family members in US and CSA units at the siege and surrounding fights.

[PGalt]

Outstanding story! Thanks for posting.

[mad_as_he$$]

“Darmok and Picard at Tanagra.”

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for the great read!

[Redhd2]

Very interesting article Blam. Thanks for posting.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[wildbill]

Not only was this the first “Hero’s Journey” literature, it also featured the first ‘sidekick’ partner, Enkidu.

Think about that. Gabby Hayes was merely one of a 5,000 year, long line of sidekicks to action heroes.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[bannie]

He and Schliemann!

:-)

Drive a nail through the “elite” old archaeologists.

[blam]

There are some that think Enkidu was a comet.

Enkidu the Rival and Friend of Gilgamesh Sent by the Gods Arrives on Earth in the Form of a Comet

[JamesP81]

Righter's ping.

Thought this might be an interesting bit about a famous piece of literature from anitiquity.

[RightWhale]

This was a classical hero. Modern literary heroes are mere shadows.

[marsapan]

Thanks for the ping.

Interesting article.

[Dustbunny]

Excellent article, thanks for posting.

[-YYZ-]

GMTA :) But it was “Darmok and Gilaad at Tanagra”. I forget what the alien captain’s name was, offhand. Oh, I’m such a Star Trek geek.