SOURCE: Maier, John. “Gilgamesh: Anonymous Tradition and Authorial Value.” Neohelicon 14, no. 2 (1987): 83-95.
In the following essay, Maier describes some of the difficulties of translating the Epic of Gilgamesh, many of which stem from its not being a product of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
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