From distant days
myths, tales, and poetry of ancient Mesopotamia
by Benjamin R. Foster · first published 1995
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Sorry for the delay, busy few days. 1) The three volumes of Lichtheim's Ancient Egyptian Literature 2) Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh 3) Black et al, The Literature of Ancient Sumer 4) Foster's From Distant Days (Akkadian) After that there should be some major works from India, but I haven't gotten around to that yet, so it's, uh, (counts) 14 volumes of Greek lit, philosophy, and math instead. A few Chinese…
on “How Should Secular People Approach Sacred Art?” ↗You got any suggestions for the Sumerian works? I've read The Literature of Ancient Sumer, and made it through, but didn't enjoy it at all and nothing stuck. Attempted From Distant Days (Akkadian literature) but just couldn't do it. Book was poorly put together and it was pretty much the same stuff as the Sumerian book I'd just finished, which wasn't a huge surprise but man that book…
on “What Do Our Oldest Books Say About Us?” ↗