The Epic of GilgameshPresents 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. |
Contents
The Hero of the Epic 6 The Principal Gods of the Epic | 6 |
The Story | 7 |
Survival | 8 |
Copyright | |
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Akkadian Assurbanipal Assyrian Atra-hasis boat Boghazköy brother Bull of Heaven cedar forest century darkness was thick dead Death of Gilgamesh Deluge destiny Dilmun dream earth Eastern Texts Enkidu Enlil Enmerkar Epic of Gilgamesh episode Ereshkigal excavation face father fell ferryman flood gate Gilga Gilgamesh Epic glorious Shamash goddess gods Greek Gudea heard heart hero Hittite Humbaba Inanna Ishtar killed the Bull king King-List Kish lament land leagues the darkness lion living long journey lord Lugulbanda Man-Scorpion mankind mesh Mesopotamia mortal mother mountain night Nineveh Ninsun Ninurta Nippur Ocean Old Babylonian opened his mouth palace recension river second millennium Semitic seven Shamash shepherd Shurrupak Siduri sleep storm story Sultantepe Sumerian Sumerian poem survived tablets temple third millennium translation trapper underworld Urshanabi Uruk Utnapishtim wall wander waters of death Weep wild bull wilderness wind woman