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Myths from Mesopotamia : creation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others / edited and translated with introduction and notes by Stephanie Dalley.

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Oxford University Press, 2008.

Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian.

Mythology, Sumerian.

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

9780199538362 (pbk., 2008 printing)

0199538360 (pbk., 2008 printing)

9780192835895 (pbk., 2000 printing)

xix, 339 p. : map ; 20 cm.

First issued as a World's Classics paperback 1991, revised ed. 2000.

Translated from Akkadian texts.

Atrahasis -- The epic of Gilgamesh -- The descent of Ishtar to the underworld -- Nergal and Ereshkigal -- Adapa -- Etana -- Anzu -- The epic of creation -- Theogony of Dunnu -- Erra and Ishum.

The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of weakness. Recent developments in Akkadian grammar and lexicography assist this new translation, which is complete with notes, a glossary of deities, place-names, and key terms, and illustrations of the mythical monsters featured in the text.

Dalley, Stephanie.

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