The Epic of Gilgamesh

Benjamin R. Foster

Original title: The epic of Gilgamesh

earliest edition we have, 2001 W. W. Norton, 2001 256 pages

A Norton critical edition

"The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world's oldest epic masterpiece. More than a thousand years before Homer or the Bible, Mesopotamian poets sang of the hero-king Gilgamesh, who sought to crown his superhuman exploits by finding eternal life. This Norton Critical Edition presents translations by Benjamin R. Foster, Douglas Frayne, and Gary Beckman of the entire Gilgamesh narrative tradition, with some texts now in English...

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Epic of Gilgamesh edition · 2019 · Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 256 pages · 9780393643985
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions) edition · 2001 · W. W. Norton · 256 pages · 9780393975161

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