Gilgamesh
a new English version
by Stephen Mitchell and Mitchell, Stephen
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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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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, collectionsShowing 2 featured editions. View all 11 editions?
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Originally published: New York : Free Press, 2004.
"LP183"--Spine.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270).
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