Harvard Semitic Museum – The Epic of Gilgamesh, Lecture by Andrew George

Gepubliceerd op 30 jan. 2017

Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a 4,000 year old Mesopotamian poem about a hero who embarks on an arduous quest to find the secret of immortality. Preserved on clay tablets in cuneiform script, it is generally considered to be the earliest great work of literature to survive from the ancient world. In this illustrated lecture, Andrew George, author of a prize winning translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, explores four themes related to this Babylonian masterpiece: the archaeology of the poem’s recovery, the reconstruction of its text, the story it tells, and its messages about life and death.

Presented in collaboration with the Departments of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Comparative Literature, with the support of the Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities, Harvard University.

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