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Title The epic of Gilgamesh : an English version with an introd. / by N.K. Sandars.

Publication Info. Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1972.
[1977?]
©1977

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  892.1 SANDARS    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  892 MASON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  892.1 GILGAMESH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  892.29 G39    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition incorporating new material.
Description 127 pages : map ; 18 cm.
Series Penguin classics ; [L100]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Map of the Ancient Orient -- Introduction. The history of the epic ; The discovery of the tablets ; The historical background ; The literary background ; The hero of the epic ; The principal gods of the epic ; The story ; Survival ; The diction of the epic ; Remarks on this version -- The epic of Gilgamesh. Prologue: Gilgamesh King in Uruk ; The coming of Enkidu ; The forest journey ; Ishtar and Gilgamesh, and the death of Enkidu ; The search for everlasting life ; The story of the flood ; The return ; The death of Gilgamesh -- Glossary of names.
Subject Gilgamesh (Legendary character)
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Adaptations.
Erech (Extinct city) -- Kings and rulers.
Added Author Sandars, N. K. (Nancy K.)
Added Title Gilgamesh. English.
ISBN 014044100X
9780140441000
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