Why Does The Epic of Gilgamesh Still Matter? (w/ SOPHUS HELLE)

You all have asked ENDLESSLY for a conversation like this, and so today I am delighted to give you this video: I'm sitting down with Dr Sophus Helle - author and translator - to talk about the magic of the Ancient Mesopotamian "Epic Of Gilgamesh".

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Further Reading -
Andrew George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic - Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts:
John Huehnergaard, A Grammar of Akkadian:
Tikva Frymer-Kensky, In the Wake of the Goddesses:
Nicole Brisch, “Šamḫat: Deconstructing Temple Prostitution One Woman at a Time”, in Powerful Women in the Ancient World:
Andrea Deagon, “The Twelve Double-Hours of the Night: Insomnia and Transformation in Gilgamesh”:
The Enheduana website: enheduana.org. And specifically the annotated translation of the Exaltation: enheduana.org/exaltation.
And Sophus' own article on philology: https://sophushelle.com/2022/12/01/wh...

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