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Bookwomble
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The Epic of Gilgamesh has parts dated from 2100 BCE, other elements up to 1200 BCE. It's a fantastic insight into the minds of the earliest settled, literate people. My edition is a Penguin Classic I bought in the 1980s, so I do need to get a more modern edition that incorporates newer archeological findings and historical perspectives.
#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Soscha That would be mine as well! What? What? You‘ve stolen my flood! 🌊 2w
julesG Oh, right, The Epic of Gilgamesh is ancient. Same goes for The Book of Toth. 🤔 Guess I've read ancient book then. 🤣🤣🤣 2w
Awk_Word_Smith Beowulf most likely. 2w
BookmarkTavern I need by to read this one. 😄 Thanks for posting! 2w
quietlycuriouskate Gilgamesh! I've got the Stephen Mitchell one (Profile Books, 2005) ❤️ 2w
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Pickpick

This was fascinating from a historical perspective and a quicker read than I initially expected. I appreciated the introductory essays describing the history of this ancient story. The story itself is interesting but becomes even more so as you consider it in comparison to other mythological stories.

Tamra I was blown away by how the story still resonates - so very human 5mo
Daisey @Tamra I agree; I was surprised by just how personal some aspects were. 5mo
dabbe Hello there, sweet little floof! 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
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Daisey
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Today‘s Sunday morning book and breakfast is the introductory information in this edition of The Epic of Gilgamesh.

#BookAndBreakfast #ReadAndEat

Soscha In case this is of interest to anyone besides me, Peter Pringle singing the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian with sacred lyre https://youtu.be/dDRD3c-WAec?si=1XIUJhhrXG5xbAxB 5mo
Daisey @Soscha Interesting! Thanks for sharing. 5mo
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The Epic of Gilgamesh | Nancy K. Sandars
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Starting this today! 😊

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vivastory
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1) The tagged book which some consider to be the oldest written book. Highly recommend the Stephen Mitchell or David Ferry translation. I'm intrigued by the version published last year, translated by Sophus Helle.
2) It is really hard for me to be interested beyond 3-5.
3) I had a major book hangover with The Dark Tower.
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

LeahBergen I read Gilgamesh in my Classics class in university. Now I must try to remember what translation it was. 😆 10mo
Eggs Thanks for the thoughtful responses 🙏🏻📚🤗 10mo
vivastory @LeahBergen That sounds like a fun class! Any favorites? 10mo
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LeahBergen Ohh, that‘s a toughie. We also read Ovid‘s Metamorphoses in this class which I loved. I did several other classics courses and the standouts were Virgil‘s Aeneid, Homer‘s Iliad and The Odyssey… oh, and the “love” poems of Catullus were amazing. Our prof was an Oxford grad and would totally help translate all the nastiest bits for us. 😆 I did a couple of years of Latin, too. 10mo
vivastory @LeahBergen I 💙 Metamorphoses. I've read a couple of versions, but am curious about the recent translation published by Penguin. Catullus & the Latin poets were fantastic. I always really loved Horace too. 10mo
LeahBergen Oh yes, Horace was one I read and loved, too! I‘m going to have to look up that newer Ovid translation. 👍 10mo
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E.Bolhafner
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I looked up more words while reading this version over the Mitchell one I just finished. I think slightly less enjoyable due to pacing and tone. The Ferry version includes Tablet 12 which deals with Enkidu's spirit returning to speak to Gilgamesh about the underworld. Still a day's read and worth the different explanations of what was happening. I found the latter half {post Cedar Forrest} more interesting/descriptive/clear in Ferry.

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E.Bolhafner

From tablet 12--not included in Mitchell version:

'...... my body that once made Gilgamesh the companion rejoice to touch...'

Bromancing my way through the classics.

I had noticed that there was a distinction made between friend and companion a couple of times i.e. 'your friend and your companion'. Also used differently than brother. Brother seems to be used ala brother in arms for quests.

'the companion, whom I loved'

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E.Bolhafner

Then Enkidu and Gilgamesh embraced, and kissed, and took each other by the hand.

The husband believes the Mitchell version took liberties in the bromance department but here is Ferry doing the same...

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E.Bolhafner
Gilgamesh | Stephen Mitchell
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Norton, Penguin, or Oxford next for translation? I feel like neither version I own is a translation 😑 but no local bookstore has anything else to pick up and get a feel for language. Boo

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E.Bolhafner
Gilgamesh | Stephen Mitchell
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You will take him in your arms, embrace and caress him the way a man caresses his wife. He will be your double, your second self, a man who is loyal, who will stand at your side through the greatest of dangers. Soon you will meet him, the companion of your heart.

SamAnne Oh, loved this. 11mo
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