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The epic of Gilgamesh

Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Penguin 1999Description: lxii,228pISBN:
  • 9780140449198
DDC classification:
  • 892/.1EPI
Summary: Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world?s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh?s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind?s eternal struggle with the fear of death.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 892/.1EPI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 002671

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world?s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh?s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind?s eternal struggle with the fear of death.

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