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, collections| Edition | Availability |
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Gilgamesh: Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Jun 01, 2008, Recorded Books
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
January 24, 2006, Free Press
Paperback
in English
0743261690 9780743261692
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
September 28, 2004, Free Press
Hardcover
in English
074326164X 9780743261647
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
October 2004, Recorded Books
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in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-285)
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