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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation (Penguin Classics)

By Anonymous

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
2000
ISBN
0140447210, 9780140447217
LCC
PJ3771.G5 E5 1999b
Open Library ID
OL15497395M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12621421 bytes)
Pages
300\300
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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 Utanapishti, 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.

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