About the book
An ancient epic poem by an anonymous author, telling the story of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and Enkidu, his companion. The edition comes with a historical and cultural introduction for modern readers.
Ryan Holiday includes it on his Books to Base Your Life On reading list, recalling that he read it on his honeymoon and marveling that part of the text came to light only recently.
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Ryan Holiday (Founder/Brass Check)
I read this on my honeymoon (probably the only person on the beach reading it, if I had to guess). Especially when I learned after that a new introduction paragraph had been discovered only recently. His tomb may have been found recently too. Imagine if Homer’s works had only been discovered in the mid 1800’s after being lost to history for thousands of years. How crazy would that be? Reading the classic epics can feel like work but there is value in it. These works are timeless and universal. Such a great line
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