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An edition of Gilgamesh (2004)

Gilgamesh

a new English version

by and

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"Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE - a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tablets on which the epic was inscribed were discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and the text was not deciphered and fully translated until the end of the century." "The epic is the story of literature's first hero - the king of Uruk in what is present-day Iraq - and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city, that a preemptive attack on a monster can have dire consequences, and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned."--BOOK JACKET.

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Free Press
Language
English
Pages
290

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Subjects
Gilgamesh, Epic poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Translations into English, Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian, Legends, Folklore, Kings and rulers, Fiction, Giants, Fellowship, Male friendship, Immortality, Grief in men, Adventure stories, Fear of death, History, Poetry, collections

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Gilgamesh: a new English version
2004, Free Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-285)

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New York
Genre
Translations into English

Classifications

Library of Congress
PJ3771.G5 E5 2004

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Pagination
290 p. ;
Number of pages
290

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Open Library
OL17138037M
ISBN 10
074326164X
LCCN
2004050072
OCLC/WorldCat
55044575
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6136763
Goodreads
779852

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