Abstract
The paper presents and explains the basic features of the epic as a literary genre, as well as the most important epic techniques, on the example of the Sumerian-Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. In the first part of the paper, the author uses examples from the Epic of Gilgamesh to discuss the most important epic features such as the idealized hero, a series of adventures (episodes) around the hero, the hero’s friend and epic extensiveness. In the second part, the author analyzes epic techniques such as retardation, digression, episode, anticipation and retrospection in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the final part of the paper, the author concludes on the basis of the obtained results that the Epic of Gilgamesh represents the foundation and model of the entire epic poetry.
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