| Edition |
Revised ed. |
| Description |
xix, 339 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Contents |
Atrahasis -- The epic of Gilgamesh -- The descent of Ishtar to the underworld -- Nergal and Ereshkigal -- Adapa -- Etana -- Anzu -- The epic of creation -- Theogony of Dunnu -- Erra and Ishum. |
| Note |
First issued as a World's Classics paperback 1991, revised ed. 2000. |
| Language |
Translated from Akkadian texts. |
| Summary |
The stories translated here 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. -- from back cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-337). |
| Subject |
Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian.
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Mythology, Sumerian.
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Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian. (OCoLC)fst01031730
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Mythology, Sumerian. (OCoLC)fst01031908
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| Added Author |
Dalley, Stephanie.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Myths from Mesopotamia. Revised ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)624733897 |
| ISBN |
9780199538362 (pbk.) |
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0199538360 (pbk.) |
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