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020			_a9780140449198 (pbk.)
082			_a892.7 _bGEO
100			_aGeorge, Andrew _910803
245			_aThe epic of gilgamesh : _bthe babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aGreat Britain _bPenguin Books _c2020
300			_alvii, 228p.
500			_ahttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670028/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-by-translated-with-an-introduction-by-andrew-george/
520			_a"Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world’s oldest epic, predating 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. The Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian. Andrew George’s gripping translation brilliantly combines these into a fluent narrative and will long rank as the definitive English Gilgamesh."
650			_aFiction _9728
650			_aLiterature _91284
650			_aEpic _910804
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