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Epics
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Texts
Gilgamesh and AkkaThe Sumerian political poem in which Gilgamesh of Uruk refuses to submit to the corvée demands of Akka, king of Kish, consults two assemblies, endures a siege, and wins by the power of his divine presence — releasing Akka in honor at the end.Gilgamesh and HuwawaA Sumerian poem in which Gilgamesh and Enkidu journey to the cedar mountain, defeat the forest guardian Huwawa, and bring his head before the god Enlil.Gilgamesh and the Guardian of the Cedar ForestThe Sumerian poem in which Gilgamesh, driven by grief at human mortality, journeys with Enkidu to the Cedar Mountain, defeats its divine guardian Huwawa, and incurs the rebuke of Enlil — the oldest telling of the Cedar Forest adventure.Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the NetherworldThe Sumerian epic in which Gilgamesh clears Inanna's huluppu tree, loses his sacred ball to the underworld, sends Enkidu to retrieve it, and receives a visitation from Enkidu's ghost — who recounts the fates of the dead.The Death of GilgameshA Sumerian lament for the hero-king Gilgamesh — his fate decreed by the assembly of the gods, his burial on the Euphrates, and his appointment to rule among the shades.