the Epic of Gilgamesh

>>8376052
Yes, there are.

>>8376060
which one though?

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>>8376138

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>>8376052
Robert Silverberg wrote a novelisation, rather than a translation, titled Gilgamesh The King. I haven't read it, although I intend to do so.

A lot of people seem to like it, and I rate his other books highly, and so I mention it.

learn akkadian for the full experience instead senpai

The japanese animated adaptation
Ganbare, Girugameshu-san!!

>>8376174
>tfw when trying to learn French to read classic /lit/ of that language
>"o look a book i want to read"
>"Don't read translation anon, learn akkadian for full experience"

am i going to have to learn the native language of every classic work?

>>8376201
oui, c'est la seule façon d'en jouir

>>8376219
than how many do you know?

>>8376201
Eventually, yes.

>>8376226
satis ut cacam scribam.

>>8376219
sorry that you have to learn dead languages to get your rocks off pal

>>8376261
Seeing this thread and specking no french, i went to google translate and it says "enough to write a crap" X'D

Why is everyone a faggot in this thread?

>>8376052
OP, Andrew George has the best translation in English in the Penguin version. Usually Penguin gets a bad rap, but their edition of Gilgamesh is probably the best out there. And no, The Epic of Gilgamesh is an incredible work (I honestly prefer it to any Homer). I don't think it gets talked about as much because the West's alienation of the East, but if you read it you'll see how the Epic Relates to extremely important early literature. It may have even influenced Homer, and mentions Biblical events thousands of years before the Old Testament could have been written. It's probably my favorite book desu.

>>8376680
Op here, thanks anon. Ordering it now

>2nd result in google
http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf

ITT: SHIT I WILL NEVER READ

>>8378821
ITT: the oldest story of man