FOLIO SOCIETY - The Epic of Gilgamesh - w/slipcase - Illustrated

Description: The Epic of Gilgamesh The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. The world’s earliest known work of narrative poetry is one of the most powerful epics ever written. It tells of the great Babylonian king Gilgamesh, part god and part man, who lives alone until the gods create the wild man Enkidu as his companion. The friends go on great quests, but in doing so they incur the wrath of the gods. When they punish Gilgamesh by slaying his friend, he is driven by grief and despair to seek the secret of immortality. The longevity of this 4,000-year-old poem is testament to its insight into humanity. Features: Folio Society First Edition Publisher Folio Society, London; 2013 Brown Buckram Hardback, 212 pp With 7 colour illustrations by Francis Mosley Size 9.5 x 6.5 inches Acid Free Paper. 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. Translated and revised with an introduction by Andrew George

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