Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Introduction to the Text
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Introduction to the Text
A brief introduction to the Epic: its origin and significance to our lives.
***
Image is of the famed eleventh tablet
of the Epic of Gilgamesh,
in which the tale of the Flood is related.
Now housed in the British Museum,
it was found in the pillaged remains
of the royal library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
in his palace at Nineveh.
View all episodes
By John Harris
4.6
6060 ratings
A brief introduction to the Epic: its origin and significance to our lives.
***
Image is of the famed eleventh tablet
of the Epic of Gilgamesh,
in which the tale of the Flood is related.
Now housed in the British Museum,
it was found in the pillaged remains
of the royal library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
in his palace at Nineveh.
More shows like Epic of Gilgamesh
View all
In Our Time
5,410 Listeners
StarTalk Radio
14,051 Listeners
The Joe Rogan Experience
224,128 Listeners
Lore
44,881 Listeners
The History of Literature
1,087 Listeners
The Run-Up
2,068 Listeners
The Daily
110,928 Listeners
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
6,749 Listeners
Mythology
5,146 Listeners
Post Reports
5,386 Listeners
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
4,823 Listeners
Throughline
15,955 Listeners
The Ancients
2,950 Listeners
Unexplainable
2,172 Listeners
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
10,281 Listeners