The Epic of Gilgamesh
of Anonymous, N.K. Sandars (Translator)
Description
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the worldâs oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgameshâs adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankindâs eternal struggle with the fear of death.The Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 120 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books Limited
- Publication Date May 4th 2006
- First Publication 10/28/00
- Language English
- ISBN 9780141026282
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Ur, Mesopotamia']
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