AT ONE OF the earliest points of our recorded history, the remarkable culture of Mesopotamia flourished, and one of its many versatile and precocious achievements was Gilgamesh, our first recognisable ...

The Aztec Rhapsody is a unique attempt by a modern Mexican to write an epic poem about the Spanish conquest of Mexico, in the style of ancient epic poems like The Iliad or the Song of Roland.

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