The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian

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Author: Anonymous

ISBN-10: 0140449191

ISBN-13: 9780140449198

Category: General & Miscellaneous Ancient Poetry

Originally the work of an anonymous Babylonian poet who lived more than 3,700 years ago, The Epic of Gilgamesh tells of the heroic exploits of the ruler of the walled city of Uruk. Not content with the immortality conveyed by the renown of his great deeds, Gilgamesh journeys to the ends of the earth and beyond in his search for eternal life, encountering the wise man Uta-napishti, who relates the story of a great flood that swept the earth. This episode and several others in the epic...

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Translated with an Introduction by Andrew George.