Gilgamesh
Americannoun
noun
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Other versions of this list also mention the legendary King Gilgamesh, known from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Gilgamesh returns to his kingdom of Uruk not as a conqueror but as a witness: to loss, to limitation, to the fragile beauty of what cannot last.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
From a forthcoming choral libretto premiering in Finland to a graphic novel retelling of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," Macfarlane’s creative orbit keeps expanding.
From Salon • May 28, 2025
Acocella was a cultural omnivore, and the menu here is correspondingly eclectic: Dracula, dictionaries, dirty words; Marilynne Robinson, Richard Pryor, Elena Ferrante; Gilgamesh, Beowulf, “Little Women.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024
"Gilgamesh beat him," said Mo. "He tricked him into removing them."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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