Podcasts that mention The Epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars

So, you know, if people were supposed to be trying to worry about how they're going to get their next meal, shelter for the night, and all these kinds of things, who has time to sit down and write these incredible works of art like the Epic of Gilgamesh? For example, yeah. So when you're reading things like the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Epic of Gilgamesh, for people who don't know, is one of the oldest versions of a lot of the stories that you hear in the Bible, very, very similar to them.

During a discussion on ancient texts, the guest highlights 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' as an exemplary work of art from ancient times, explaining its significance as one of the oldest narratives that parallels many stories found in the Bible.

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