Epics
30 min
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Humanity's First Story
Four thousand years ago, a king watched a worm crawl from his best friend's nose.
Written 4,000 years ago in ancient Sumeria, the Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving work of literature. Its subject — a king's terror of death, and his journey to find meaning in the face of it — has not changed. This is the story of how it was found, what it actually says, and why it still matters.
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About Mythio
One story, one sitting.
Mythio is a library of audio documentaries on the ideas, people, and events that shaped the world. Each episode is researched across the best sources, fact-checked, and told in full. Most run twenty to thirty minutes, long enough to go deep, short enough to finish in one sitting.