(Shuter) The oldest written story was called The Epic of Gilgamesh, and even though it was written down, it remained strictly within the oral tradition. It has been proven that this Epic appeared in the Jewish Bible as well as other pieces of later literature. This collection of stories about a Sumerian hero laid the groundwork for the early epic poems such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid, and led to the development to poetry and prose writing. ...

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