By Anonymous
Published: Unknown
Episode: Collision
Reference: One of the answers on Locke's crossword was Gilgamesh
Outline
the cycle of poems preserved on clay tablets surviving from ancient Mesopotamia of the third mi llennium B.C. One of the best and most important pieces of epic poetry from human history, predating even Homer's Iliad by roughly 1,500 years, the Gilgamesh epic tells of the various adventures of that hero-king, including his quest for immortality.
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