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The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian

George, AndrewGeorge, Andrew(Translated by)
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Originally the work of an anonymous Babylonian poet, who lived over 3700 years ago, this is the tale of one man's struggle against death.

Not content with the immortal renown won by reckless deeds, the hero of the epic seeks immortality itself and journeys to the end of the earth and beyond.

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Product Details
Penguin
0140447210 / 9780140447217
Paperback
899.951
29/02/2000
England
English
lv, 228p. : ill.
20 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: London: Allen Lane, 1999.