What are the best "retellings" of ancient myths?

And why do the people who write them always add woke bullshit to it? Why can they literally not help themselves?

>>24506543 (OP)
>add woke bullshit to it
like what?

>>24507151
The things that appear woke, obviously. Woke isn't a bullet-point list or whatever, it's a vibe.

>>24507160
pfffffffbwahahahahahahahaha

>>24507160
The epic of gilgamesh is as old as the writing system, why dont you buy an old translation if it annoys you so much?

>>24507229
>if it annoys you so much?
Does it? How so?

>>24506543 (OP)
Can you actually provide an example? I have an English translation and never found in woke shit in there.

>>24507160
give us an example, nigger. That might get some actual discussion going. Fucking faggot.

>>24506543 (OP)
Oedipus Rex

>>24509184
it's just the vibe dude
he writes wokely

>>24506543 (OP)
Yasunari Kawabata’s bamboo cutter’s tale is quite nice. It is a retelling of the 9th century story

>>24507160
>it's a vibe.

>>24506543 (OP)
>What are the best "retellings" of ancient myths?
Gustav Schwab is quite good.