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The epic of Gilgamesh / an English version, with an introduction by N.K. Sandars.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Sumerian Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin, 1972.Edition: Rev. ed., incorporating new materialDescription: 127 pages : map ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 014044100X
  • 9780140441000
Uniform titles:
  • Gilgamesh. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 221.95 SAN E
LOC classification:
  • PJ3771.G5 E5 1972
Partial contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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