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Gilgamesh : a new verse translation /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Armitage, Simon, 1963- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, translated from the Akkadian.
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gilgamesh > (Legendary character) > Poetry.
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian > Translations into English.
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian.
Poésie épique assyro-babylonienne.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A note on the translation
  • Tablet I: Gilgamesh the king, Enkidu the man
  • Tablet II: Enemies become comrades
  • Tablet III: May the gods protect
  • Tablet IV: A journey to war
  • Tablet V: Death and destruction
  • Tablet VI: A fatal rejection
  • Tablet VII: A death foretold
  • Tablet VIII: A grief laid bare
  • Tablet IX: The lost soul
  • Tablet X: To the edge of the world
  • Tablet XI: The hardest lesson to learn
  • Glossary.