AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
The Epic of Gilgamesh: A quest for immortality
The Forum
A Square Mile Is City a Square Mile Is Clay Pit Half a Sq. Mile the Temple of Ishtar Three Square Miles and a Half Is Uruk's Expense
Andrew George reads from the closing lines of the epic of Gilgamesh in the English translation by one of our guests Andrew George. The poem is saying that we are individuals but the city contains all human life that is endless and I think this is clear if you remember if you recall that for the Babylonians the cities are older than humans they were built by the gods and they're going to last forever so this city is a microcosm of human experience that is immortal the individual as we've heard is not immortal.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode