Archaeologists may have come across the oldest known extract of Homer’s Odyssey
Almost alluding to a poetic note, a clay plaque found in Olympia – the home to ancient Olympics and feats of athleticism, might just pertain…
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Watch the nifty short animation presenting the ancient story of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Often considered as the world’s oldest surviving work of epic literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh unsurprisingly mirrors the cultural brilliance of the ancient Mesopotamians. In…
The ‘fortuitous’ clay tablet that revealed the previously unknown lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Sometimes all it takes is a ‘strategic’ collaboration between opposing parties to unveil the literary brilliance of our ancestors. Well, in 2011, the fortuitous partnership…
Listen to the Beowulf being read in original Old English
Beowulf is commonly known as the oldest surviving long poem in Old English, consisting of an impressive 3182 alliterative lines. And while such credentials translate…
Listen to how Homer’s Odyssey sounded when sung in original ancient Greek
While the Iliad and the Odyssey stand out as the ancient pillars of epic literature from the Western culture, there is complex historicity when it…
The world’s oldest known pieces of literature pertain to two ancient Sumerian works
Over the last few months, we have harped about quite a few world’s oldest historical artifacts and institutions, ranging from the oldest known song to…
