![]() Four thousand years old in its oldest form. ![]() The epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest masterpiece of world literature. ![]() Part of me thought it was just something that they had made up for the episode, and part of me was really interested because the captain referred to it as one of the oldest stories of his planet, meaning Earth. I was 16 when I first heard the name Gilgamesh, and I was watching a Star Trek episode that featured him. TITLE CARD CHRIS WHITE / Middle School Teacher: I had been reading a lot about mythology and the gods. TITLE CARD YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA / Poet and Playwright: And I would go to cocktail parties and everyone would say, “Hey, we have to do a comic book of Gilgamesh.” And I would pretend like I knew what they were talking about. TITLE CARD JIM STARLIN / Comic Book Writer and Illustrator: The first time I heard of Gilgamesh was through my father, I must have been around five or six. When I read all these versions and translations, I fall in love right away. TITLE CARD LUDMILLA ZEMAN / Children’s Book Author and Illustrator: My first encounter to the Gilgamesh was in Japan. ![]() TITLE CARD IAUMI ASHIZAMA / Choreographer: This is the epic that includes most important philosophy ever Maybe it’s survived as long because it can become a little something for everybody Gilgamesh is lumped in there in my head with Moby Dick, and Beowulf, and Captain America. ![]()
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