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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Description for The Epic of Gilgamesh
Paperback. Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George. Translator(s): George, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, map, glossary. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
The definitive translation of the world's oldest known epic, now updated with newly discovered material
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, predates 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140449198
SKU
V9780140449198
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About Anonymous Anonymous
Andrew George is Professor of Babylonian at SOAS (the School of Oriential and African Studies), part of the University of London. His research has taken him many times to Iraq to visit Babylon and other ancient sites, and to museums in Baghdad, Europe and North America to read the original clay tablets on which the scribes of ancient Iraq wrote. ... Read more
Reviews for The Epic of Gilgamesh
A masterly verse translation
The Times
Andrew George has skillfully bridged the chasm between a scholarly re-edition and a popular work
London Review of Books
The Times
Andrew George has skillfully bridged the chasm between a scholarly re-edition and a popular work
London Review of Books