The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Andrew George (Translator, Introduction by)
ISBN-10: 0140449191
ISBN-13: 9780140449198
$16.00
Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published on
Apr 29, 2003
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
7.76x5.08x0.72 Inches
Weight
0.46 Pounds
About the Book
The definitive translation of the world's oldest known epic, now revised in a second edition (2020) and updated with newly discovered material.
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, predates Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, The Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death. This new edition of Andrew George's translation has been extensively revised to include recently discovered fragments and new sources.