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    <body><![CDATA[Gilgamesh, one of the oldest things in writing, is certainly a wonderful read for those who relish things old, such as myself. I'm lately attempting to give myself a belated sort of Classical education, and though Gilgamesh isn't exactly part of the Classical tradition, figuring it to be the oldest ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22515099">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Gilgamesh is the Hero's Journey for all time. It is haunting in its sheer age — a ghostly voice speaking to us from Iraq, five <em>thousand</em> years ago. Yet it remains startlingly relevant to 21st century Americans, as its hero struggles to find a first-world sense of purpose. King Gilgames...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9743217">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Three stars- That's five stars for the translated epic averaged against one star for the godawful introduction.  <br/><br/>Frankly, there's a time and a place for political commentary on the Iraq War.  The introduction to the worlds first epic, no matter if it takes place in Mesopotamia, is not th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3689130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This version of <em>Gilgamesh</em> is a very readable retelling of the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian tale of Gilgamesh, the hero-king of Uruk.  It is a tale for adults.  If this were a movie, I would rate it R for sex.<br/><br/>Gilgamesh is immoral.  He is powerful and no woman is safe from him.  To coun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73468027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, I am completely shocked by how much I absolutely loved this. What an amazing story. So great. And uplifting. And just... great. Apparently most of the other translations on the market are really kind of academic in nature; Mitchell, who is not in any way a scholar of ancient Akkadian, compiled ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15643190">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gilgamesh was an historical king of Uruk in Babylonia, on the River Euphrates in modern Iraq; he lived about 2700 B.C. Although historians (and your textbook) tend to emphasize Hammurabi and his code of law, the civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates area, among the first civilizations, focus rather ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8302352">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[THE ur-tale of life's transitory nature and the sorrow that comes from loss.  As relevant to our lives today as it was 5000 years ago.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In general, I am more interested in the scholarly translations of the Epic of Gilgamesh than I am those that attempt to create an English literary version of the Epic. That being said, Stephen Mitchell's new version of the Epic is a very readable adaptation, even if he takes a lot of liberties with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42053403">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Norton Critical Edition of &quot;The Epic of Gilgamesh&quot; is a fairly recent translation of what is currently the oldest known epic. The epic was translated by Benjamin R. Foster. The book also includes &quot;The Sumerian Gilgamesh Poems&quot;, translated by Douglas Frayne, and &quot;The Hitt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42031014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewing Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh one faces considerable challenges, for this is not a translation as such, but as the cover claims, a new version. Nor does Mitchell hide this fact, but to his credit not only makes clear where he edits the text, often moving lines and even deleting pieces he fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71201201">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[         Other than being the oldest work of fiction on the planet, it was not that impressive.  The epic inspired interesting thoughts from an anthropological viewpoint though, as the characters acted pretty much like wild animals and the text is only 4000 years old.  The king, Gilgamesh was the bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60590669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh over and over again from history classes, to the use of it to confirm events in the Bible, but had never bothered to read it before. Perhaps it is the word &quot;Epic&quot; in the title that had conjured up mental images of a giant tome written in verse that deep d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42395347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The historical/anthropological value of the <em>Gilgamesh</em> legend cannot be overstated: Unearthed centuries after their culture had ceased completely to exist, <em>Gilgamesh</em>'s stories document a people and a mythology that we may otherwise never know existed. How appropriate it is that so much of the legend ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69148968">more...</a>]]></body>
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