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The epic of Gilgamesh The epic of Gilgamesh Geraldine McCaughrean A retelling, based on seventh-century B.C. Assyrian clay tablets, of the wanderings and adventures of the god king, Gilgamesh, who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in about 2700 B.C., and of h… OL166623W
When Heroes Love When Heroes Love Susan Ackerman Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, "my friend whom I loved dearly." Similarly in the Bible, David mourns his compani… OL2722281W
Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Bernarda Bryson A retelling of the ancient legend od Gilgamesh, part god part man, whose wanderings and adventures in search of his faithful companion Enkidu provide the source for later mythological and religious e… OL3010705W
The revenge of Ishtar The revenge of Ishtar Ludmila Zeman Gilgamesh is the first hero of Western literature. All our heroes since have borrowed his virtues: courage, loyalty, selflessness, and unwavering dedication to a goal. The adventure continues as Gil… OL3361048W
Gilgamesh the King Gilgamesh the King Ludmila Zeman 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 e… OL3361058W
Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Joan London t is 1937, and the modern world is waiting to erupt. On a farm in rural Australia, seventeen-year-old Edith lives with her mother and sister, Frances. One afternoon two men, her English cousin Leopol… OL3676582W
Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Derrek Hines In his thrillingly contemporary retelling of the world's oldest epic, award-winning poet Derrek Hines brings us as close as we may ever come to re-creating the power it had over its original listener… OL5728275W
Das Gilgamesch-Epos in der Weltliteratur Das Gilgamesch-Epos in der Weltliteratur Peter Christian Albrecht Jensen 1. Band. Die Ursprünge der alttestamentlichen Patriarchen-, Propheten- und Befreier-Sage und der alttesamentlichen Jesus-Sage (Strassburg : Karl J. Trübner, 1906). 2. Band. Die israelitischen Gilga… OL6930740W