Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
491
Language
English
Published
Dec 31, 1998
Publisher
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN-10
0865163391
ISBN-13
9780865163393
Description
Gilgamesh is the best-known story of the Sumerian hero that has survived from antiquity. Dating from the mid-2nd millenium BC it tells stories of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, adventurer and searcher for the meaning of life, friend of the man from the wilderness, Enkidu. This book adds to current debates on the influence of the epic on western literature.
Genres
History
Fantasy
Poetry
Contemporary