Three thousand years ago, a Sumerian epic was inscribed on twelve clay tablets, the exalted verse tale of a king of Uruk, a king 'surpassing all other kings'. It tells the story of his great building projects, of a great flood, and of his doomed friendship with the wild man Enkiddu, their violent adventures on Mount Lebanon and Enkiddu's death. Gilgamesh, inconsolable, journeys to the Underworld to rescue his friend and find eternal life, but he discovers instead the bitter truth that all men must die.
- ISBN10 0691196990
- ISBN13 9780691196992
- Publish Date 24 September 2019 (first published 1 November 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English