Gilgamesh : A magnificent retelling of kumankind's oldest epic adventure 0380975742, 9780380975747

An epic adventure from the earliest days of civilization, this is a tale of greatness and glory that has been passed dow

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English Pages 575 [600] Year 2000

Gilgamesh : A magnificent retelling of kumankind's oldest epic adventure
0380975742, 9780380975747

Table of contents :
Cover
Inside Flaps
Back Cover
Title
Epigraph
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Afterword
Glossary

An epic adventure from the earliest days of civilization, this is a tale of greatness and glory that has been passed dow

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Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come

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Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk,

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Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk,

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A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly prec

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Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Ba

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The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian k

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This is a short and accessible book about the Epic of Gilgamesh, what we might know of its composition, its discovery in

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Versão em prosa dos poemas de Gilgamesh.

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The deeds and struggles of Gilgamesh, legendary king of the city-state Uruk in the land of Sumer, have fascinated reader

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