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Re:How to Read “Gilgamesh” by gimboland on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:32PM (#21295604)
Here [0] is a 45-minute radio show/podcast in which a presenter and three academic experts discuss The Epic of Gilgamesh. It moves fast and covers a lot of ground.

(I recommend this series, In Our Time, whenever I can. Many jewels in the back catalogue.)

[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080wbrq — but also on iTunes, etc.

Re:How to Read “Gilgamesh” by mcguire on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:20PM (#21295838)
And here's a lecture by Andrew George, one of the translators mentioned:

https://youtu.be/Rd7MrGy_tEg