Reviews of book: Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

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by Stephanie Dalley

Edward rated it

9 years ago

text Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)

PrefacePreface to Revised EditionList of FiguresSigla and AbbreviationsIntroductionChronological Chart--Atrahasis--The Epic of Gilgamesh, standard version--The Epic of Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian version--The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld--Nergal and Ereshkigal, standard version--Nergal and Eres...

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Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it

13 years ago

text A collection of stories from the beginning of civilisation

Okay, before I begin by discussion of this book, I will mention that the book itself was first published in 1989 and was edited by Stephanie Daley, however the reason that I have gone for the original dates is because I am more interested in the content of the ancient myths than any commentary or tr...

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