epic poetry, assyro-babylonian

An English translation of the poem of Gilgamesh, the oldest epic poem in history, which has been preserved for thousands of years on clay tablets, recounting the adventures of the king of Uruk.

Presents the English translation to the ancient Babylonian epic poem of Gilgamesh written approximately 1700 BCE about the historical king of Uruk in Mesopotamia around 2750 BCE.

A modern English translation of the epic of Gilgamesh, written in the third millennium B.C., telling of the great king of Uruk and his doomed friend.

An English translation of the epic poem which dates from the third millennium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality.

Presents an English version of the epic poem which dates from the third millenium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality.

Presents an English translation of the epic poem which dates from the third millennium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality.