That’s not a rhetorical question, by the way — I haven’t read it, so I don’t know. I extrapolated that conclusion because I originally learned about Gilgamesh not in an English or literature class, but in a history class, as part of the study of Ancient Mesopotamia. Again, though, that’s just my experience.

Incidentally, I hear that to get the full Epic of Gilgamesh vibe you’ve really gotta read it in the original Akkadian cuneiform. Shit, Mel Gibson is probably trying to make it into another random ancient-world gibberish movie. Unless he finds out that Akkadian was a Semitic language, in which case he’ll pull the plug.

My only advice: avoid Beowulf. It’s boring as all hell.