THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH by the Oldest Record in History
Are you mongrels ready to talk about Gilgamesh? Okay, let's talk about the king of heroes then! Embarrassingly enough, I myself only discovered Gilgamesh last year when I was teaching World History to a few of my students, and one of the lessons was about ancient civilizations. For a story that is considered to be a very old one--if not one of the oldest ever recorded in human history-- The Epic of Gilgamesh sure retained a rather comfortable status of obscurity, mostly because we're more inclined to talk about the Egyptians, and the Romans and Greeks, mythology-wise. We know about Hercules, the gods and goddesses of Olympus, and Cleopatra, and cursed pharaohs and haunting mummies because they are basic Hollywood fodder-- but we have yet to have anyone adapt the story of Gilgamesh on screen . And IT'S A COSMICALLY UNFAIR INJUSTICE. The closest thing we get in the meantime is a re-imagined version of him in the Japanese light novel and anime ...