What are the greatest works of literature from before 500 BC?
start with the greeks
>>9913926
>before 500 bc
>>9913920
The Epic of Gilgamesch
Sumerian /lit/ is technically where the Greeks got most of their inspiration.
>>9913934
Homer, Hesiod, and Sappho all wrote before 500 BC, numskull
Vedic lit
its just Homer.
The Mesopotamian myths are more of historical interest and Hesiod is one of the great disappointments in Literature - people read Homer and are spellbound, find his contemporary Hesiod and expect more of the same. They dont get it.
>>9913920
These.
But only read them if you're really into the period, they're not required to understand western literature.