The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics) Anonymous ebook
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: pdf
Page: 300
ISBN: 0140449191, 9780140449198
The most well-known translation is that of E. [1] Andrew George (Ed.) The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin Classics, 1999, Tablet XI 25, 120, 125, 145. Allingham, P .Notes on Heroic Poetry (retrieved on 13th September 2008) . Gilgamesh is brought into light after the discovery of Enkidu in the forest and his powers though present is revealed as he fights and defeats Enkidu whom they later become great friends. The Roman writer Lucius Livius Andronicus, from Taranto in southern Italy, translated the Odyssey into Latin verse in the third century b.c.e. Source: Academy for Ancient Texts This is an epic poem about Gilgamesh, a man who is 2/3 god and 1/3 human. Today I went to the Penguin Classics website and looked at their list of the Top 100 Penguin Classics and went through that list to see what I had read and what was included. Needless to say, it got me in the mood to dig up my copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh. Genre: Epic poem, fiction, classic. Dec 24, 2011, 2:02:00 AM · Parrish Lantern said The version I have is The Penguin Classics http://www.amazon.co.uk/Epic-Gilgamesh-Classics-Penguin/dp/014044100X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1324905079&sr=8-3. Some scholars have pointed to similarities with the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh. The Gilgamesh story : The Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. Although there have been many more translations, that by Richmond . I'd heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh over and over again from history classes, to the use of it to confirm events in the Bible, but had never bothered to read it before. Rieu, in the Penguin Classics edition, first published in 1950. Printed out from website below, 50 pages. Babylonian Epic New York: Penguin Classics, 2000.
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