Title:
Myths from Mesopotamia : creation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others / edited and translated with introduction and notes by Stephanie Dalley.
Author:
Dalley, Stephanie.
Dalley, Stephanie, editor, translator, writer of introduction.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
Call Number:
BL1620 .M98 2008
Abstract:
The stories translated here are 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 as 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.
"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.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0626/2005280227-d.html
Edition:
Revised edition.
ISBN:
9780199538362
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Physical Description:
xix, 339 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm.
General Note:
First issued as a World's Classics paperback 1991, revised ed. 2000.
Translated from Akkadian texts.
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.
