Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic
By: Helle, Sophus
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BookPublisher: USA : Yale University Press , 2021Description: 286 p.ISBN: 978-0300251180.Subject(s): Electronic booksSummary: A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace.Summary: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- GILGAMESH -- TABLET I. Who saw the deep -- TABLET II. Enkidu was sitting -- TABLET III. Come back unharmed -- TABLET IV. They stopped to eat -- TABLET V. There they stood -- TABLET VI. He washed his filthy hair -- TABLET VII. Why, my friend -- TABLET VIII. At the first flood of daylight -- TABLET IX. As he wandered -- TABLET X. Shiduri was an innkeeper -- TABLET XI. Gilgamesh said to him -- TABLET XII. Had I only left -- ESSAYS -- A POEM FOR THE AGES -- STUDY THE BRICKWORK -- THE STORM OF HIS HEART -- DYING TO BE READ -- KINGS, WOMEN, MONSTERS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- GILGAMESH -- TABLET I. Who saw the deep -- TABLET II. Enkidu was sitting -- TABLET III. Come back unharmed -- TABLET IV. They stopped to eat -- TABLET V. There they stood -- TABLET VI. He washed his filthy hair -- TABLET VII. Why, my friend -- TABLET VIII. At the first flood of daylight -- TABLET IX. As he wandered -- TABLET X. Shiduri was an innkeeper -- TABLET XI. Gilgamesh said to him -- TABLET XII. Had I only left -- ESSAYS -- A POEM FOR THE AGES -- STUDY THE BRICKWORK -- THE STORM OF HIS HEART -- DYING TO BE READ -- KINGS, WOMEN, MONSTERS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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