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Gilgamesh

(Encyclopedia) GilgameshGilgameshgĭlˈgəmĕsh [key], in Babylonian legend, king of Uruk. He is the hero of the Gilgamesh epic, written on 12 tablets c.2000 b.c. and discovered among the ruins at…

epic

(Encyclopedia) epic, long, exalted narrative poem, usually on a serious subject, centered on a heroic figure. The earliest epics, known as primary, or original, epics, were shaped from the legends of…

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is the central figure and hero of the Assyro-Babylonian myth The Epic of Gilgamesh, a story written on clay tablets that is considered to be the earliest known literary work. Gilgamesh was…

Hadad, in ancient Middle Eastern religions

(Encyclopedia) HadadHadadhāˈdăd [key] or AdadHadadāˈdăd [key], ancient weather god of Semitic origin, worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. Important throughout the Middle East, he was worshiped under…

Noah

(Encyclopedia) NoahNoahnōˈə [key] [Heb.,=to rest], in the Bible, the builder of the ark. Righteous Noah and his family were the only people God saved from a world sunk in sin. At divine direction…

Deluge

(Encyclopedia) DelugeDelugedĕlˈy&oomacr;j [key], in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his…

Brewer's: Epic

Father of epic poetry. Homer (about 950 B.C.), author of the Iliad and Odyssey. Celebrated epics are the Iliad, Odyssey, Æneid, Paradise Lost. The great Puritan epic. Milton's Paradise…

National Poetry Month

For any readers in April, happy National Poetry Month! It is an important month-long period where readers and writers alike can explore the wide world of poetry in all its forms, and become familiar…

T. Geoffrey Bibby 2001 Deaths

T. Geoffrey BibbyAge: 83 British archaeologist who, with Peter Vilhelm Glob, unearthed the 4,000-year-old kingdom of Dilmun in Bahrain. In Sumeria mythology, Dilmun was a secret island of…

Top 10 Epic Movies

The American Film Institute asked more than 1,500 members of the film community to pick the ten best films representing ten American genres: animated, fantasy, gangster, science fiction,…