Greg Jenner
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We do have an episode on cuneiform, which Moody very brilliantly guided us through, with Phil Wang as well.
OK, Mary-Elaine, you've already said Bronze Age.
How long ago do you think the epic of Gilgamesh was first written down?
That's about right, yeah.
But we probably go a little later with our first recording of the actual story.
Absolutely.
Yeah, so the story of Gilgamesh is possibly 5,000, 6,000 years old, but our earliest records are about 4,000.
I think we probably should say, this is important actually, Gilgamesh was not always the name of the character.
Do you want to guess what his original name was?
Stephen.
Stephen, King of Uruk.
Homer.
No.
Woody, what was his name?
It was Bilgamesh.
Bilgamesh.
Oh, it's adorable.
Bilgamesh, he just sounds like a sort of like a slightly disappointing brother.
There's Bill Gomesh and Will Gomesh and Gilles Gomesh, the French cousin.
There's a whole family of them.