Seamus Heaney's translation), Gilgamesh is a short, quick read, with lots of rollicking battles and sex. Part of the shortness comes from the fact that the story is incomplete--it is known that several books are missing from the original narrative. Hopefully one day those missing sections will surface.Having only read Stephen Mitchell's version, I can't compare the salaciousness to other translations, but in Mitchell's the sex is right out there with nothing left to the imagination.
from Powells: Review-A-Day: The Original Flood Legend
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