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Miriam Lichtheim's carefully chosen book of readings from one of the earliest literatures in the world is designed to show the evolution of that literature by selections translated and arranged in chronological order. Its appeal is to both scholars and readers with a general interest in the humanities. Altogether, Lichtheim has produced a book which admirably fulfills her desire ‘to reach beyond...

the bowl of cool water in which was the heart of his young brother and 〈 let 〉 him drink it. Then his heart stood in its place, and he became as he had been. Thereupon they embraced each other, and they talked to one another. Then Bata said to his elder brother: “Look, I shall change myself into a great bull of beautiful color, of a kind unknown to man, and you shall sit on my back. By the time the sun has risen, we shall be where my wife is, that I may avenge myself. You shall ta ke me to where
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