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1 online resource |
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Title detail screen. |
| Contents |
""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""About this Version""; ""Gilgamesh""; ""Prologue""; ""Book I""; ""Book II""; ""Book III""; ""Book IV""; ""Book V""; ""Book VI""; ""Book VII""; ""Book VIII""; ""Book IX""; ""Book X""; ""Book XI""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Glossary""; ""Acknowledgements"" |
| Summary |
Vivid, enjoyable and comprehensible, the poet and pre-eminent translator Stephen Mitchell makes the oldest epic poem in the world accessible for the first time. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil together. After Enkidu's death the distraught Gilgamesh sets out on a journey to find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Great Flood, made immor. |
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Gilgamesh (Legendary character) -- Legends.
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Gilgamesh (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst01736655
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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian. (OCoLC)fst00913821
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Legends. (OCoLC)fst01423803
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Mitchell, Stephen, 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1861977980 9781861977984 (OCoLC)61177443 |
| ISBN |
9781847653833 (electronic bk.) |
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1847653839 (electronic bk.) |
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