The Epic of Gilgamesh : An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics)

The Epic of Gilgamesh : An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics)

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This edition provides a prose rendering of The Epic of Gilgamesh, the cycle of poems preserved on clay tablets surviving from ancient Mesopotamia of the third mi llennium B.C. One of the best and most important pieces of epic poetry from human history, predating even Homer's Iliad by roughly 1,500 years, the Gilgamesh epic tells of the various adventures of that hero-king, including his quest for immortality, and an account of a great flood similar in many details to the Old Testament's story of Noah. The translator also provides an interesting and useful introduction explaining much about the historical context of the poem and the archeological discovery of th e tablets.

The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics),Anonymous,N. K. Sandars,Penguin Classics,014044100X,Ancient, Classical & Medieval,Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian,Literature: Classics,Poetry,Translations into English,Fiction / Folklore,Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval

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