The immortal wisdom of Gilgamesh, in lines
He is a legendary historical king of the Sumerian state of Uruk, an important hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, and the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh (the first epic poem in history, written in Akkadian during the late second millennium BC). He probably ruled for a period of time between 2800 and 2500 BC and was deified after his death. Gilgamesh became an important figure in Sumerian mythology during the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112 - 2004 BC). Tales of Gilgamesh's heroic exploits are told in five surviving Sumerian poems. The poem “Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Underworld” is the earliest of these poems, in which Gilgamesh helps the goddess Inanna and drives away the creatures that disturb her milkweed tree. Inanna gives him two unknown items called mikku and biku, but Gilgamesh loses them.
After Enkidu's death, his ghost tells Gilgamesh about the dismal conditions in the underworld. The poem “Gilgamesh and Agha” describes Gilgamesh’s revolt against his overlord, King Agha. Other Sumerian poems narrate Gilgamesh's defeat of the monster Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. A fifth, very distorted poem describes Gilgamesh's death and funeral, and among his wise sayings:.
death is a right
But life is also a right.
If we do not accept death
We cannot accept life
?Do you know that man is preferred over the gods
Favorite because he dies
Because he has a lot to do before he goes.
He was sentenced to the great test
So he has to learn how to live
He must also learn how to die
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Source: The book He Who Has Seen Everything
By Firas Al-Sawah, from the Epic of Gilgamesh
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