Gilgamesh

[ gil-guh-mesh ]

noun

1. a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.

Gilgamesh

/ ˈɡɪlɡəˌmɛʃ /

noun

1. a legendary Sumerian king

Example Sentences

Gilgamesh has a compound, which is intended, with some psychotherapy, to treat depression and anxiety.

From BBC

Tales of the relentless pursuit of a romantic interest date back to antiquity, turning up in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

From Scientific American

Flood stories live in the warp and weft of legends and religions and nations — Gilgamesh, Noah, the Greeks and Aztecs, the Norse and Native Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

What Perlin jokingly calls his “wood work” was inspired by a story from 5,000 years ago in southern Mesopotamia, recorded on a clay tablet as “The Epic of Gilgamesh.”

From Los Angeles Times

Half a dozen of the main works are deliberately in dialogue with literary classics and ephemera, from sources as diverse as Mark Twain’s satirical monologues, James Joyce’s erotic letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh and “Antigone.”

From New York Times