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Epic Of Gilgamesh Softcover - 2003
by ANONYMOUS
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Translated with an Introduction by Andrew George.
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Details
- Title Epic Of Gilgamesh
- Author ANONYMOUS
- Binding Softcover
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, New York, New York
- Date 2003-04-29
- Features Bibliography, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # BWE-PBR49565
- ISBN 9780140449198 / 0140449191
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5 x 0.85 in (19.69 x 12.70 x 2.16 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian, Epic poetry, Sumerian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003269516
- Dewey Decimal Code 892.1
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Summary
Originally the work of an anonymous Babylonian poet who lived more than 3,700 years ago, The Epic of Gilgamesh tells of the heroic exploits of the ruler of the walled city of Uruk. Not content with the immortality conveyed by the renown of his great deeds, Gilgamesh journeys to the ends of the earth and beyond in his search for eternal life, encountering the wise man Uta-napishti, who relates the story of a great flood that swept the earth. This episode and several others in the epic anticipate stories in the Bible and in Homer, to the great interest of biblical and classical scholars. Told with intense feeling and imagination, this masterful tale of love and friendship, duty and death, is more than an object of scholarly concern; it is a vital rendering of universal themes that resonate across the ages and is considered the world's first truly great work of literature.