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The chapter discusses how the Gilgamesh epic was present at the Hittite capital of Hattusa in written texts as well as oral traditions. It explores how the Hittites acquired and translated cuneiform tablets containing the Gilgamesh story and how these written versions interacted with oral traditions of the epic in Hittite culture. The chapter also considers what influence these written and oral traditions of Gilgamesh may have had on later Greek epics such as the Iliad and Odyssey.
- Author
- Sebastian Walter
- Language
- EN