TY - BOOK AU - Sandars,N.K. AU - TI - The epic of Gilgamesh: an English version, with an introduction T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780140441000 AV - PJ3771 PY - 1972/// CY - Harmondsworth, New York PB - Penguin KW - Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian KW - Translations into English KW - Epic poetry N1 - 1; 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; 2 ER -