Myths from Mesopotamia
Subtitle: creation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others
By: edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Stephanie Dalley.
Contributors: Dalley, Stephanie.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian.
Description: "Between the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates lies the rich alluvial land of Mesopotamia (now in modern Iraq), which supported a complex and prosperous society over 4,000 years ago." "The stories translated here are all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness." "So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translated from Akkadian texts.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-337).