Gilgamesh

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David FerryFirst published 19924 editions

A new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western Literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the kind of energetic and readable translation that Robert Fitzgerald and Richard Lattimore have provided for readers in their translations of Homer and Virgil.

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First publish date 19921 credited authorSearch language english

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Gilgamesh
David Ferry | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | June 1, 1993
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Gilgamesh
David Ferry | Noonday Press | 1993
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Gilgamesh
David Ferry | BLOODAXE BOOKS LTD | January 1, 1993
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Gilgamesh
David Ferry | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 1992