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A New English Version

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An edition of Gilgamesh (2004)

Gilgamesh

A New English Version

  • 54 Want to read
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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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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
304

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Cover of: Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh: a new English version
2004, Free Press
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Cover of: Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
September 28, 2004, Free Press
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"In Iraq. when the dust blows, stopping men and ranks, it brings with it memories of an ancient world, much older than Islam or Christianity."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
304
Dimensions
8.6 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7947960M
ISBN 10
074326164X
ISBN 13
9780743261647
Library Thing
6136763
Goodreads
779852

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