The epic of Gilgamesh : an English version, with an introduction / [print] by N.K. Sandars. - revisedition. edition. - Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin, (c)1972. - 127 pages : map ; 18 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction. 1. The history of the epic - 2. the discovery of the tables - 3. the historical background - 4. the literary background - 5. the hero of epic - 6. the principal Gods of the epic - 7. the story - 8. survival - 9. the diciton of the epic - 10. remarks on this version acknowledgments. The Epic of Gilgamesh. 1. the coming of Enkidu - 2. the forest journey - 3. Ishtar and Gilgamesh, and the death of Enkidu - 4. the search for everlasting life - 5. the story of the blood - 6.the return - 7. the death of gilgamesh. - Glossary of names - Appendix: sources.



9780140441000

GB73-22390 GB96-68402


Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian--Translations into English.

Epic poetry

PJ3771 PJ3771.G473.E653 1972