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Epic of Gilgamesh

They don't call em' classics for nothing!

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May 10, 2025
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I’ve conquered the Epic of Gilgamesh on my quest to read world literature in historical order.

I chose the Stephen Mitchell translation available here. The reasons behind my choice were: I’m familiar with Mitchell’s translation, and when I scoured Reddit, this was the most frequently suggested translation (often paired with the word “readable”, which is…

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