Gilgamesh / Louise M. Pryke.

"Gilgamesh focuses on the eponymous hero of the world's oldest epic and his legendary adventures. However, it also goes further and examines the significance of the story's Ancient Near Eastern context, and what it tells us about notions of kingship, animality, and the natures of mort...

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Main Author: Pryke, Louise M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Gods and heroes of the ancient world.
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505 0 |a Kingship -- Gilgamesh: warrior and hero -- Animality and ecology -- Love -- Wisdom and civilisation -- Death -- Reception and influence. 
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