The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian /
"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...
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Language: | English Akkadian Sumerian Hittite |
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[London, United Kingdom] :
Penguin Books,
2020
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Edition: | Second edition |
Series: | Penguin classics
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