POST SUMERIAN /LIT/

>>9611737
Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elish. Also, read the Egyptians, Hittites, Ugarits

>>9611741

yeah I mean no shit champ. obviously I know to read the epic of gilgamesh, what I was asking was if anyone knew good annotated versions, or commentaries.

you know, like how edith hamilton's "mythology" is always hyped as a good compendium for greek myths. I want some equivalent of that for the mediterraneans, hittites, kushites..

>>9611737
>not studying cave paintings
/lit/ is full of pseuds.

Gilgamesh is the only one worth studying so you might as well start with the Greeks anyway

just don't read it in translation

snow crash

>>9611753
>you know, like how edith hamilton's "mythology" is always hyped as a good compendium for greek myths. I want some equivalent of that for the mediterraneans, hittites, kushites..

Maybe you should commit suicide instead of asking to be spoonfed

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>start with the greeks they said

>>9611768
Finally someone gets it. I made it a point to study cave paintings for 9 years before cracking a book.

You don't need to study the Sumerians to understand the greeks though and the greeks are more important than the Sumerians by far.

>post-sumerian
>not the greeks
art thou oketh?

>>9611737
Why are you telling me to start with the Sumerians when you haven't read any of their shit to know it's worthwhile?

>>9613065
Damn, is this what television is like nowadays? I need to start watching.

>>9613065
Is this that show, Spartacus? I can't believe this pornography was on TV.

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>>9611741

>>9611737
The Code of Hammurabi?

>>9611737
im with you senpai. its more /his/ than /lit/, but Kramer's "The Sumerians" is essential. I'm starting here, then I intend to delve into some actual literary works from the time.

>>9615027
Hey a good recommendation, thanks anon!

>The Sumerians are important, I should know as I've never read them.

Mesopotamian myths are interesting, but starting with them is silly. The reason you start with the Greeks is the huge influence they had on the later literature produced by the western world. Not because they were the earliest sources of literature.

That's not to say Mesopotamian mythology had zero influence on the rest of the ancient world, especially notable is their flood myth(s) which may be the source for other ancient flood myths, like that of the Bible. This influence, however, is not really something that classic literature alludes to like the Greeks are alluded to.

That's of course not to say that you shouldn't read them, but starting with them is silly. You could argue starting with the Greeks is silly as well, and you might be right, but at least it makes some semblance of sense.