Gilgamesh, Epics of

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Gilgamesh, Epics of. The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic is a long narrative poem known from tablets and fragments dating from c.1800 to c.300 BC. Behind it lie five Sumerian Gilgamesh Epics. The story centres on Gilgamesh's fear of death and the death of his friend Enkidu. The flood story in the Babylonian Epic is echoed in Gen. 6–9.

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