The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (author)
Gilgamesh (author)

This book attempts to reconstruct two ancient Sumerian stories from photographs of the stone tablets on which they were originally written: one story concerns an ancient account of a deluge (or flood) which destroyed much of civilization); the other concerns the exploits of the mythical Gilgamesh who takes a stand against Agga, the king of Kish.

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K. Jan Oosthoek

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Beowulf (original lang.)

Beowulf

Another epic tale.

Beowulf is one of the first literary masterpieces of the English language, written in Old English in the eleventh century. The story itself is thought to have been originally composed sometime between 700 and 750. Although certain places and events are indeed historical, the main character of the…