“How can I keep silent? How can I stay quiet? My friend, whom I loved, has turned to clay…. Shall I not be like him, and also lie down, never to rise again, through all eternity?” –The Epic of Gilgamesh, Standard Version, Tablet X, Lines 67-71, Penguin Classics Edition, Translation by Andrew George. This is not the entry in [...]
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Story of the Story is an Epic All Its Own
Posted in Archaeology, Early/Pre-Christian Lit, Epics, Sumer, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Translations, tagged ancient epics, ancient literature, book clubs, gilgamesh on May 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
