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Gilgamesh
A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by
an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision
and poetic grace Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic
from three thousand years ago, which tells of King Gilgamesh's deep
love for the wild man Enkidu and his pursuit of immortality when
Enkidu dies. It is a story about love between men, loss and grief,
the confrontation with death, the destruction of nature, insomnia
and restlessness, finding peace in one's community, the voice of
women, the folly of gods, heroes, and monsters-and more. Millennia
after its composition, Gilgamesh continues to speak to us
in myriad ways. Translating directly from the Akkadian, Sophus
Helle offers a literary translation that reproduces the original
epic's poetic effects, including its succinct clarity and
enchanting cadence. An introduction and five accompanying essays
unpack the history and main themes of the epic, guiding readers to
a deeper appreciation of this ancient masterpiece.
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THE LATE BRONZE II–III ROYAL PALACES AT MEGIDDO
Finkelstein, Martin, Arie and Piasetzky recently discussed the history and archaeology of Megiddo during the Late Bronze Age, relying in the main on the archaeological data and radiometric dates acquired in the renewed excavations of Tel Aviv University. In their discussions, much emphasis is put on the Strata VIII–VIIA palaces dug at the time by the Chicago Oriental Institute, the final destruction of the Stratum VIIA palace and its date, and the first appearance of Philistine bichrome pottery in Megiddo. Many of their conclusions regarding these issues are challenged in the present rejoinder.
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Achilles beside Gilgamesh : mortality and wisdom in early epic poetry
\"It is widely recognised that the epics of Homer are closely related to the earlier mythology and literature of the ancient Near East, above all the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. But how should this influence our response to the meaning and message of either poem? This book addresses this question through an experiment in intertextual reading\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Gilgamesh among Us
The world's oldest work of literature, theEpic of Gilgameshrecounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around 2500 BCE, and his tale as we know it today was codified in cuneiform tablets around 1750 BCE and continued to influence ancient cultures-whether in specific incidents like a world-consuming flood or in its quest structure-into Roman times. The epic was, however, largely forgotten, until the cuneiform tablets were rediscovered in 1872 in the British Museum's collection of recently unearthed Mesopotamian artifacts. In the decades that followed its translation into modern languages, theEpic of Gilgameshhas become a point of reference throughout Western culture.
InGilgamesh among Us, Theodore Ziolkowski explores the surprising legacy of the poem and its hero, as well as the epic's continuing influence in modern letters and arts. This influence extends from Carl Gustav Jung and Rainer Maria Rilke's early embrace of the epic's significance-\"Gilgamesh is tremendous!\" Rilke wrote to his publisher's wife after reading it-to its appropriation since World War II in contexts as disparate as operas and paintings, the poetry of Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, novels by John Gardner and Philip Roth, and episodes ofStar Trek: The Next GenerationandXena: Warrior Princess.
Ziolkowski sees fascination with Gilgamesh as a reflection of eternal spiritual values-love, friendship, courage, and the fear and acceptance of death. Noted writers, musicians, and artists from Sweden to Spain, from the United States to Australia, have adapted the story in ways that meet the social and artistic trends of the times. The spirit of this capacious hero has absorbed the losses felt in the immediate postwar period and been infused with the excitement and optimism of movements for gay rights, feminism, and environmental consciousness. Gilgamesh is at once a seismograph of shifts in Western history and culture and a testament to the verities and values of the ancient epic.
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محاكمة جلجاميش في عشر لوحات درامية : (هو الذي طغى)
يتناول كتاب (محاكمة جلجاميش في عشر لوحات درامية) والذي قام بتأليفه د. الغفار مكاوي، موضوع (الأدب) الكتاب يقدم لنا قصة مسرحية \"ملحمة جلجاميش\" وهي درة الأدب البابلي وحضارة وادي الرافدين القديمة، وقد أصبحت جزءا لا يتجزأ من الأدب العالمي والتراث الإنساني، وتحكي عن الطاغية حاكم \"أوروك\" السومرية، الذي أشاع الظلم والسخرة بين شعبه وطغى، ثم طغى مرة أخرى حين سعى نحو الخلود، ناسيا أن خلود البشر يختلف عن خلود الآلهة؛ فالآلهة تخلد بكيانها، أما البشر فتخلد أعمالهم وتفنى أجسادهم. تمثل هذه المسرحية صوت الشعب ضد الظلم والطغيان.
A Suitable Match: Eve, Enkidu, and the Boundaries of Humanity in the Eden Narrative and the Epic of Gilgamesh
Juxtaposing the shared emphasis on the basic human need for companionship in the Eden Narrative and the Epic of Gilgamesh provides new insight, both into how the texts respectively present companionship and into the issues of anthropology and gender that have previously distracted readers from this theme. Focus on parallels between Eve and Shamhat, who initiates Enkidu into human civilization, has obscured Eve’s resonance with Enkidu, created to be a match for Gilgamesh, as Eve was for Adam. The match created for the semidivine Gilgamesh is the male, semibestial Enkidu; however, Adam’s “helper” is a female, explicitly contrasted with the animals, and “bone of [his] bones and flesh of [his] flesh.” Though the heroes of the epic constantly struggle at the boundaries of human existence, the Eden Narrative depicts humans, male and female, together created distinct from god and animal, though likewise compelled to acknowledge their limitations.
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كتاب بين الركام : ملحمة جلجامش العظيمة، كيف ضاعت وكيف اكتشفت
يتحدث هذا الكتاب سيرة اكتشاف ملحمة جلجامش فى الثلث الأخير من القرن التاسع عشر الميلادى وفك رموز الكتابة المسمارية التى كتبت بها الملحمة كما يسلط الضوء على الدور المحورى الذى لعبه المستكشف العراقى هرمزد رسام فى اكتشاف مكتبة آشور بانيبال التي وجدت فيها ألواح الملحمة الأثنا عشر وقام بترجمتها عالم الآثار البريطانى جورج سميث وهو الدور الذى دأب بعض البريطانيين على طمسه ونسبته لأنفسهم وكذلك يتتبع المؤلف سيرة الملحمة إلى بدايات التاريخ المدون حيث نشأت من سلسلة الأناشيد السومرية التي قيلت في تمجيد جلجامش ملك أوروبا.
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Discovering Gilgamesh
In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian ‘slush pile’, George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah’s Flood. His research suggested this ‘Deluge Tablet’ pre-dated the writing of Genesis by a millennium or more. Smith went on to translate what later became The Epic of Gilgamesh, perhaps the oldest and most complete work of literature from any culture.Against the backdrop of innovative readings of a range of paintings, novels, histories and photographs (by figures like Dickens, Eliot, James, Dyce, Turner, Macaulay and Carlyle), this book demonstrates the Gordian complexity of the Victorians’ relationship with history, while also seeking to highlight the Epic’s role in influencing models of time in late-Victorian geology.Discovering Gilgamesh will be of interest to readers, students and researchers in literary studies, Victorian studies, history, intellectual history, art history and archaeology.
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