Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell's lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. His insightful introduction provides a historical, spiritual, and cultural context for this ancient epic, showing that Gilgamesh is more potent and fascinating than ever.
Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE -- a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tablets on which the epic was inscribed were discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and the text was not deciphered and fully translated until the end of the century. When the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke first read Gilgamesh in 1916, he was awestruck. "Gilgamesh is stupendous," he wrote. "I consider it to be among the greatest things that can happen to a person."
The epic is the story of literature's first hero -- the king of Uruk in what is present-day Iraq -- and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city, that a preemptive attack on a monster can have dire consequences, and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. In giving voice to grief and the fear of death -- perhaps more powerfully than any book written after it -- in portraying love and vulnerability and the ego's hopeless striving for immortality, the epic has become a personal testimony for millions of readers in dozens of languages.
“吉尔伽美什呦,你要流浪到哪里? 你所探求的生命将无处寻觅。 自从诸神把人创造, 就把死派定给人无疑, 生命就保留在他们自己的手里! …… …….” ——《吉尔伽美什》第十块泥板•三(B) 吉尔伽美什为大神阿鲁鲁所创造,他身世非凡、膂力过人、英姿绝伦,他“三分之二...
评分大洪水——由史诗演化为教义 廖康 历史上,许多民族都经历过大洪水的灾难。自然,许多民族都有关于大洪水的神话传说。最著名的当属《圣经•旧约》里记载的诺亚方舟的故事。然而,由于这个故事和目前已知人类最早的史诗《吉尔伽美什》中大洪水的情节非常相似,也由于巴比...
评分 评分吉尔伽美什,即巴比伦的赫拉克勒斯,力大无比,宛如野牛。 《吉尔伽美什》里他的身世显赫,贵为女神宁孙之子,同时姿容隽秀,拥有“见过万物”、“通晓一切”的智慧,然而他的统治残暴无比,但对他残暴的描写仅仅限于开篇。整部史诗对吉尔伽美什桀骜不驯的描写不多,而是相反除...
评分又看了一遍。这个版本实在太腐了,太腐太腐了,各种基情满满,简直深得我心~不过话说回来,如果它不这么腐的话我实在是不知道东方文学作业该交啥~^ ^
评分头尾衔接的真好 gilgamesh你和enkidu要不是gay我就自戳双目!!
评分The speaker of CrashCourse says what makes Gilgamesh truly heroic is his human limitations. But I guess not. Does the realization of unavoidable death really free him at the end of the story? ????
评分最早的文学作品,居然是一部如此成熟的史诗。再到荷马、日耳曼史诗,居然一部比一部年轻。He who saw the deep 传统祭司版是诗人杰作。故事本身的奇绝瑰丽和复杂远超预期。
评分校图书馆居然有这本书我太惊讶了!该说这不愧是金闪闪么,封面好闪!
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