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Gilgamesh

by Translator: Andrew George

3.5

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A great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends. Travelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba. But when Enkidu is killed, his death haunts and breaks the mighty Gilgamesh. Terrified of mortality, he resolves to find the secret of eternal life...

An exemplary combination of scholarship and lucidity...a convenient guide to all the different strands which came together to produce the work we now call Gilgamesh.

Literary Review

Categories:

Classics Mythology Fantasy Poetry Literature Fiction

Language:

English

Length:

71 pages

Author:

Translator: Andrew George
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