The Epic of Gilgamesh-- 15 original woodcut illustrations -- 18 photographs of ancient artifacts This edition aims to reanimate the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu for modern readers. The poetic rendition brings words to life through indelible images. A learned and lucid historical and cultural introduction fills in background for the narrative. An interpretative essay reviews the themes of Gilgamesh and their echoes in other literature. The total is a new edition that delights, informs, and stimulates readers to a new appreciation of this age-old tale. |
Contents
MAP | vi |
ILLUSTRATIONS | xxiii |
AN APPRECIATION | xlii |
MY POETIC INTENTION | liv |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | lx |
GLOSSARY | 97 |
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Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient Near East Anu's Anunnaki Assyrian Atra-hasis beasts Biblical Biggs boat Bolchazy-Carducci brother Bull of Heaven called Cedar Forest Column cuneiform cylinder seal Danny dare dead death divine dream drink earth Eastern Studies edition Enlil Epic of Gilgamesh episodes eternal father fear figure flood story Gilgamesh and Enkidu Gilgamesh Epic GILGAMESH Tablet goddess gods grief Heidel hell herd hero human Humbaba immortality Ishtar Jackson John Maier journey Keenan kill literary literature lives loved lover Lugalbanda Mesopotamia mighty millennium B.C. modern mortality mother mountains Myth narrative night Ninsun Ninurta Old Babylonian Old Babylonian version Oriental Institute passage Photo readers rendition reply scholars Shamash Shamhat Shuruppak Siduri sleep Standard Version Sumerian swift Tablet XII tears Thorkild Jacobsen translation underworld University of Chicago Urshanabi Uruk Uruk's Utnapishtim watery hole weep wife woman words York Ziggurat