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From October 25th, throughout November, we are reading The Epic of Gilgamesh!
Here's a link to a free PDF version of the Gilgamesh Norton Editions, Translated by Benjamin Foster:
https://docplayer.net/62655171-The-epic-of-gilgamesh.html
Here's a link to an online audiobook of Gilgamesh Norton Editions, Translated by Benjamin Foster:
October 25th, 1pm SLT
Session 1:Introduction
November 1st, 1pm SLT
Session 2:
Tablet I Prologue introduces Gilgamesh
November 8th, 1pm SLT
Session 3:
Tablet III Elders give advice to Gilgamesh and enlist Enkidu
to protect him
Tablet IV Gilgamesh and Enkidu journey; dreams of future
King of Uruk in Mesopotamia
November 15th, 1pm SLT
Session 4:
Tablet V Gilgamesh and Enkidu meet the forest guardian, Humbaba
Tablet VI Ishtar, goddess of love, proposes to Gilgamesh
November 22nd, 1pm SLT
Session 5:
Tablet VII Enkidu must die for killing the bull and cutting down the cedars
Tablet VIII Gilgamesh laments Enkidu’s death
November 29th, 2018
Session 6:
Tablet IX Gilgamesh quest to find Utanapishtim
Tablet X Gilgamesh meets tavern keeper, Siduri
Tablet XI Gilgamesh asks Utanapishtim for knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd7MrGy_tEg
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/translation-tuesday/translating-gilgamesh-conversation-benjamin-foster