Gilgamesh
A New Translation of the Ancient Epic
The world's oldest great story of friendship and death, in a fresh translation with essays.
A new translation of the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh by the Assyriologist Sophus Helle. The poem tells of the king of Uruk, his friendship with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest to the ends of the earth in search of immortality after Enkidu dies. Helle’s version is accompanied by essays on the poem’s history, themes and style.
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Stephen Cave
It’s brilliant. I love it. It has a very distinctive verse style that really stays with you. It’s haunting, beautiful and in a tradition with which we’re not familiar, but which speaks to us immediately.
Interview · April 2012
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