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Episode 3: He Who Saw the Deep (The Epic of Gilgamesh)

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A 4,000 Year Old Sex Scene

Ankidu was a changed man. His beloved gazels would no longer run with him. Shammat took to him and she invited him back to Urak to meet Gilgamesh. Then follows a 4,000 year old sex scene. Now I thought about narrating this whole scene. It's quite long and it lasts actually for a week and it's pretty graphic. But in the interests of being as family friendly as possible, we'll just say that it was a prolonged, coital marathon. And what do all friends do in ancient epics? They go into battle together.

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