Reddit reviews The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)

Hello!

This is the best version I've read, and I thought it was incredibly readable. As far as I remember, It doesn't have a whole lot of ancillary information outside of the text itself, however.

Kovacs' version is supposed to be good as well, and the Amazon reviews seem to support that.

For Norse sagas, Penguin classics has some fantastic editions:

• The Saga of Icelanders
  
  
• Njals Saga
  
  
• Prose Edda
  
  
• Volsungs saga
  
  
• Kalevala
  
  For eastern mythology, you'll want:
  
  
• Bhagavad Gita
  
  
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
  
  
• The Arabaian Nights Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
  
  
• Journey to the West Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
  
  For Celtic mythology:
  
  
• The Mabinogion
  
  
• Arthurian Romances
  
  
• Early Irish Myths and Sagas

https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449191/

The Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered (but not deciphered) by an Assyrian archeologist, Hormuz Rassam who was the first non-European archeologist from the Middle East.

I recently read the Epic of Gilgamesh, and I highly recommend it if you haven't read it already, I really enjoyed this edition by penguin classics. Although the side material in this translation was also nice.

It's also a great gift to give to someone, and for kids I recommend this trilogy (just make sure to buy all three) by Ludmilla Zeman. It is beautifully illustrated with many pictures and was appreciated by the kids.

Edit: Haha, seems like a Chaldean hardliner has changed Hormuzd Rassam's wiki page and now it says Chaldean, it used to say Assyrian.

Who needs a newly translated one. Here's one you can pick up on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449191/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394091321&sr=1-1&keywords=epic+of+gilgamesh

Here's the version I read in paperback.

There is a Kindle version out there, but the one I found is an earlier, less complete translation. Start with that and have a look around.

I HAVE NO REASON TO BE ANGRY THIS WEEK AS GIL DECIDED TO TURN UP FOR A MEASLY 30 QUARTZ. GUESS MY CATALYST DID IT'S JOB. I SHOULD PROBABLY FINISH READING IT.