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>This doesn't seem right: Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known Mesopotamian work of fiction and it's a more recent ~2,100 BCE [0]. Perhaps because The Legend
by jjulius 3y ago
>This doesn't seem right: Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known Mesopotamian work of fiction and it's a more recent ~2,100 BCE [0].
Perhaps because The Legend of Sargon of Akkad isn't fiction, it's an autobiography?
Edit: Is this perhaps the autobiography that his Wiki article is referring to under "Birth Legend"?
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/746/the-legend-of-sargon-of-akkad/ https://www.worldhistory.org/article/746/the-legend-of-sargo...
- perihelions 3y agoYeah, but, per your link: - "Both pieces today are sometimes classified as belonging to the genre of Mesopotamian naru literature – the world's first historical fiction – in which a famous figure, usually a king, is featured as the main character in a fictional work." - "The earliest copy is dated to the 7th century BCE"