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Gilgamesh
a new English version
By Mitchell, Stephen
- ISBN
- 978-0-74326-164-7
- Publisher
- New York ; Free Press, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 15, 2004
The moving tale of a king who mourns the death of his closest friend and consequently undertakes a journey to discover the secrets of immortality, Gilgamesh has been in existence for thousands of years but was not discovered and translated until the 19th century. Written in Akkadian and Sumerian, the surviving texts have been translated many times, sometimes in literal versions and other times in sparer, more ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
