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    The Epic of Gilgamesh
    The Epic of Gilgamesh
    The Epic of Gilgamesh
    Audiobook23 minutes

    The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Written by Stephen Langdon

    Narrated by Victor Craig

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    About this audiobook

    The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving literary work in the world. The epic poetry describes the ancient King Gilgamesh and his journey to discover the secret to eternal life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWoodkeep Audio
    Release dateFeb 21, 2020
    ISBN9781518914669
    Author

    Stephen Langdon

    Stephen Langdon was an American-born British Assyriologist. Born to George Knowles and Abigail Hassinger Langdon in Monroe, Michigan, Langdon studied at the University of Michigan, participating in Phi Beta Kappa and earning a BA in 1898 and an MA in 1899. Following this he went to New York’s Union Theological Seminary, graduating in 1903, and then on to Columbia University to obtain a PhD in 1904. Langdon then became a fellow of Columbia in France (1904–1906), during which time he was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England (1905) in Paris. Subsequently, he moved to Oxford University in England, becoming a Shillito reader in Assyriology in 1908, a British citizen in 1913, and after the retirement of Archibald Sayce, a professor of Assyriology in 1919. However, in 1916, when World War I had diminished the size of his classes in England, he spent some time at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, serving as the curator of its Babylonian section.

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    Readers find this title to be a wonderful reading experience, with a captivating and breath-taking original text. However, some readers were disappointed by the lack of adventure and encountered issues with the glitchy audio file. Overall, the book offers a unique and immersive experience for those who appreciate the beauty of the original language.

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    • 2/5
      The audio file is glitchy, unfortunately. I stopped listening to it. Hopefully, someday it will be corrected.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wonderful reading, as if I was listening to a Babilonian bard speaking.
    • 4/5
      I thought there would be more adventure to this unless I missed parts
      He quoted from fragments
      The actual reading in the original was breath taking even though I did not understand. Be sure to listen to thst