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Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell (Hardback, 2004)

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Product Description : An Englishlanguage rendering of the worlds oldest epic seeks to convey the works literary richness and follows the journey of conquest and selfdiscovery by the heroic king of Uruk in an edition complemented by an introduction that places the story in its historical spiritual and cultural context By the author and translator of The Book of Job and Tao Te Ching 50000 first printing

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This 1700BC Ancient Babylonian epic poem was discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and first translated at the end of the century. This stunning English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic follows the king of Uruk's journey of conquest & self-discovery. The introduction places the story in its historical & cultural context.