Steve Bellovin on Nostr: I’m reading Helle’s translation of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and saw a great ...
I’m reading Helle’s translation of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and saw a great turn of phrase: “At midnight he ran out of sleep.” That’s on par with “He unlocked his word hoard”, from Beowulf, for a marvelously poetic line.
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