TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sandars,N.K.
TI  - The epic of Gilgamesh
T2  - Penguin classics
SN  - 014044100X
AV  - PJ3771.G5 E5 1972
U1  - 221.95 SAN E 
PY  - 1972///
CY  - Harmondsworth, New York
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Gilgamesh
KW  - Translations
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction. 1. The history of the epic -- 2. the discovery of the tables -- 3. the historical background -- 4. the literary background -- 5. the hero of epic -- 6. the principal Gods of the epic -- 7. the story -- 8. survival -- 9. the diciton of the epic -- 10. remarks on this version acknowledgments; The Epic of Gilgamesh. 1. the coming of Enkidu -- 2. the forest journey -- 3. Ishtar and Gilgamesh, and the death of Enkidu -- 4. the search for everlasting life -- 5. the story of the blood -- 6.the return -- 7. the death of gilgamesh. -- Glossary of names -- Appendix: sources
N2  - Presents an English version of the epic poem which dates from the third millenium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality
ER  -