The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions)
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Description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest epic masterpiece.
More than a thousand years before Homer or the Bible, Mesopotamian poets sang of the hero-king Gilgamesh, who sought to crown his superhuman exploits by finding eternal life. This Norton Critical Edition presents translations by Benjamin R. Foster, Douglas Frayne, and Gary Beckman of the entire Gilgamesh narrative tradition, with some texts now in English for the first time. In addition to the eleven tablets of the great Akkadian epic, written around 1700 B.C.E., the book includes seven Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh, written before 2000 B.C.E., as well as the later Hittite version and other related sources, among them a Babylonian parody of the epic.
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Publisher W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (April 23, 2001)
Language English
Paperback 256 pages
ISBN-10 0393975169
ISBN-13 978-0393975161
Item Weight 8.6 ounces
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