This new edition of
Anthology of Classical Myth
offers selections from key Near Eastern texts—the Babylonian
Epic of Gilgamesh
,
Epic of Creation
(
Enuma Elish
), and
Atrahasis
; the Hittite
Song of Emergence
; and the flood story from the book of Genesis—thereby enabling students to explore the many similarities between ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology and enhancing its reputation as the best and most complete collection of its kind.