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> write stories about elixirs of youth One of our earliest extant pieces of literature (fragments from ~2100 BCE, earliest complete version before 1000 BCE) is
by ashark 10y ago
> write stories about elixirs of youth
One of our earliest extant pieces of literature (fragments from ~2100 BCE, earliest complete version before 1000 BCE) is about that, in fact. It's a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
- FeepingCreature 10y agoIt's easy to be cautionary if there's no chance of actually achieving it. http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2625 http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2625
- TeMPOraL 10y agoTruth be told, we have cautionary tales in our literature about pretty much any single thing a human being can desire. Power? Check. Riches? Check. Love? Check.