ARGONAUT BOOKS

Fascinating and rich in detail… provides an excellent survey of Mesopotamian literary classics, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the ways in which they influenced later cultures and texts, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey… she also offers snippets of daily life, including an account of Ashurbanipal's father, Esarhaddon, getting into a panic because a mongoose had run under his chariot (was it a fatal omen?) and the actual agenda of a meetingLiterary Review - Bijan OmraniA thrilling trip back to Mesopotamia, birthplace of horoscopes and algorithms … via the abundant re...Read More