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Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a quest for eternal life. A timeless tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure, The Epic of Gilgamesh is a landmark literary exploration of man's search for immortality.
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4.4
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A Google user
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March 12, 2017
Worth reading purely because it is so old. Interesting that this ancient epic does not change even at the time of writing of Beowulf.
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kyle tooma
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January 20, 2021
Bit much for penguin to be selling this at full physical retail price. Maybe time to downsize penguin
Michael Abram
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March 18, 2016
Is this, a combination of "surpassing all other kings, and he who saw the deep"
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About the author
N K Sandars has worked extensively in the fields of archaeology and prehistory and is a fellow of the British Academy. Her book of poems, Grandmother's Steps & Other Poems, was published in 2000.
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