| Editions | About these Editions |
|---|---|
Andrew George http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449191/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282502214&sr=1-1 |
This is our recommended text. A readable and accurate poetic version by the world's leading expert on Gilgamesh; with an excellent introduction, and useful selections of the older Sumerian poems as well. |
Benjamin Fosterhttp://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393975169 |
Clear and accurate translation, with excellent introduction and notes, and with a generous selection of Sumerian and other Gilgamesh material, and several modern critical essays. |
Stephen Mitchellhttp://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-English-Version-Stephen-Mitchell/dp/0743261690/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282502146&sr=1-1 |
A very readable though loose translation, by a distinguished translator with no knowledge of the original but with a gift for poetic language. |
John Gardner and John Maier http://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-John-Gardner/dp/0394740890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282502262&sr=1-1 |
A successful poetic collaboration between a contemporary writer and a specialist in the ancient material. |
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