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Gilgamesh: a new verse rendering

By Stanley , Beckman , Gary M.;Lombardo

Book information

Publisher
Incorporated, Hackett Publishing Company
ISBN
9781624667732, 9781624667725, 9781624667930, 1624667724, 1624667732
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
505 kB (517131 bytes)
Pages
xxxii, 91 pages ; 22 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Assyro-BabylonianEpic poetry

Description

"A translation of the Gilgamesh epic that is coherent as English narrative poetry while staying as close as feasible to the outlines of the original text" --;Tablet I: The Creation of Enkidu -- Tablet II: Gilgamesh Befriends Enkidu -- Tablet III: Preparations for the Journey -- Tablet IV: Journey to the Cedar Forest -- Tablet V: The Fight with Humbaba -- Tablet VI: The Bull of Heaven -- Tablet VII: The Death of Enkidu -- Tablet VIII: Enkidu's Funeral -- Tablet IX: The Quest for Immortality -- Tablet X: Shiduri's Tavern -- Tablet XI: Utnapishtim and the Flood -- Appendix: Lacunae -- Glossary of Deities, Persons, and Places. Tablet I: The Creation of Enkidu -- Tablet II: Gilgamesh Befriends Enkidu -- Tablet III: Preparations for the Journey -- Tablet IV: Journey to the Cedar Forest -- Tablet V: The Fight with Humbaba -- Tablet VI: The Bull of Heaven -- Tablet VII: The Death of Enkidu -- Tablet VIII: Enkidu's Funeral -- Tablet IX: The Quest for Immortality -- Tablet X: Shiduri's Tavern -- Tablet XI: Utnapishtim and the Flood -- Appendix: Lacunae -- Glossary of Deities, Persons, and Places.

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