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Has anybody here read The Epic of Gilgamesh? Was wondering if it was worth reading and what translation is the best one

>> No.2682384

I've read a very decent novelization of it, and if the originall epic is as awesome as the one I read, definately pick it up.

>> No.2682385

I would like to know that too.

>> No.2682390
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2682390

I read pic related yesterday in one sitting actually. I advise it.

>> No.2682400

>>2682390
So I'd be OK just buying the penguin classics version?

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2682404

It is a very short book, and as the original story was carved into stone tablets nearly five thousand years ago its impossible to pick a best translation.

>> No.2682413

>>2682404
How short are we talking? I know the penguin classics version is split into 3 parts but I'm not sure what those 3 parts are; I think it's only part 1 which is the epic of gilgamesh but not sure

>> No.2682416

>>2682413

It is around 100 or so pages. You could easily read that in less than an hour.

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>>2682413
Very short. Mines only 71 pages.

>> No.2682481

Speaking of Gilgamesh, anyone know of any decent versions of the Enuma Elish?

>> No.2682488

>>2682481
OP here, bumping for that question

>> No.2682504

EoG FtW
http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf