The "Epic of Gilgamesh", one of the most ancient works of literature, Chronicles the eponymous hero's quest for eternal life.

最古老的文学作品之一的《吉尔伽美什史诗》记载了同名英雄求永生的事迹。

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The “Epic of Gilgamesh”, one of the most ancient works of literature, chronicles the eponymous hero’s quest for eternal life.

最古老的文学作品之一的《吉尔伽美什史诗》记载了同名英雄求永生的事迹。

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Gilgamesh was the hero of the ancient Sumerian epic poem, the Song of Gilgamesh, written about 2900 B.C..

吉尔伽美什是古苏美尔史诗中的英雄，吉尔伽美什之歌，写于公元前2900年。

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In The Epic of Gilgamesh we have no motive given for the divine destruction whatsoever. It just seems to be pure capriciousness.

在《吉尔伽美什史诗》中，并没有引起这场大灾难的原因,似乎就像是一场自然灾难。

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This parallel is The Epic of Gilgamesh I get to point this way now, to the boards, okay?

这个故事便是《吉尔伽美什史诗》,我应该指这边？

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In The Epic of Gilgamesh they were the ones who got the plant of eternal youth. It's etiological.

在《吉尔伽美什史诗》中,蛇得到了可以永葆年轻的植物，所以蜕皮。

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In the professions they choose, it is unlikely that they will need to quote Rousseau, or recount the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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The rhythm and rhyme helped aid the memories of those who passed along the stories, a process that also gave us the beautiful imagery in the Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, the Vedas, the Bible, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and many others.

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"Very few people actually know about Uruk, but everyone's heard about Gilgamesh, " said Mr. Wartke, meaning both the king and the epic that contains a flood narrative similar to the Bible's.

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