Furnishes a translated excerpt from "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

Overview of the Mesopotamian legend of this ancient king of Babylonia who ruled around 2,700 BC. Verses are translations of original texts.

Furnishes background on the literary work inscribes in cuneiform in the year 2000 BC. Offers a brief summary.

Furnishes Robert Temple's verse version of the Epic of Gilgamesh and notes to the tablet inscriptions.

Describes the style and provides a synopsis of this Middle Eastern heroic poem.

Essay by Arthur Brown explores the conventions of Gilgamesh and the function of the myth as means of reconciling us to mortality.