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THE EPIC of the hero Gilgamesh is a poem of ancient Mesopotamian origin which is reputed to be the very earliest surviving work of literature.
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It immediately aroused controversy because of the story’s close parallels with incidents in the Bible, and classical historians also believe that the story influenced both the Odyssey and Iliad of Homer.
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