The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
Author
George, Andrew
: Translator, Introduction
Publisher
Collection
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Publication date
April 29, 2003
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Pages
304
ISBN-10
0140449191
ISBN-13
9780140449198
Book description
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years the poem of Gilgamesh king of Uruk is the world's oldest epic predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family friendship and the duties of kings the Epic of Gilgamesh is above all about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death.
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