is the “Epic of gilgamesh” an epopee?

• Autor(a) principal: Lins Brandão , Jacyntho
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: ArtCultura (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/artcultura/article/view/50156
• topic: poema de gilgá-mesh; épica grega; autobiografia em terceira pessoa; Gilgamesh epic; Greek epic; third-person autobiography

As the Gilgamesh’s poem existed in its own world, as well in ours, this paper discusses the pertinence of applying to him the epic label. From the modern pointo of view, this gender classification depends on the approach to the archaic Greek epic, and responds to the need to situate the text in a constellation of known genres, guiding its reception. From the ancient Babylonian perspective, the epic label seems inadequate, and I propose to understand the poem as the literary counterpart of a narû, of what is called “third-person autobiography”.