Gilgamesh the King (Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Gilgamesh the King Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Sh...
Full description- Publisher: Tundra Books
- Published: 27 August 1998
- Format: Paperback 24 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | General | Traditional | Historical
- ISBN 13: 9780887764370 ISBN 10: 0887764371
- Sales rank: 60,089
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Full description for Gilgamesh the King
Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu, the "uncivilized" beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human. "From the Hardcover edition."
