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Like Gilgamesh, the king at the beginning of the novel is a brutal tyrant who misuses his power and oppresses his people, but, through the aid of a commoner woman named Zabibah, he grows into a more just ruler.
Gilgamesh the King is a 1984 historical novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel.
- Robert Silverberg
- 1984
Dec 15, 2022 · Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known as the hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Babylonian poem that predates Homer's Iliad and Odyssey by 1500 years and, therefore, stands as the oldest piece of epic world literature.
- Joshua J. Mark
- The Epic of Gilgamesh dates from c. 2150-1400 BCE. It is considered the oldest heroic epic in the world.
- Gilgamesh is thought to have been the historical king of the city of Uruk in the 26th century BCE.
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is about a man (Gilgamesh) whose best friend dies and, unable to deal with this loss and the certainty of his own death, emba...
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is important as a work of ancient literature dealing with the most important questions of human existence: Why am I here? Wha...
Jun 20, 2024 · Gilgamesh, the best known of all ancient Mesopotamian heroes. Numerous tales in the Akkadian language have been told about Gilgamesh, and the whole collection has been described as an odyssey—the odyssey of a king who did not want to die. Learn more about Gilgamesh in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 10, 2018 · According to The Epic of Gilgamesh, the great king, arrogant and cruel among the lesser beings he ruled, was sent a strange gift from the gods: the wild man Enkidu who would be a challenge to Gilgamesh's strength and, perhaps, teach him humility.
- Joshua J. Mark
- The author of the original story of Gilgamesh is unknown but the copy most translations are based on come from the Babylonian scribe Shin-Leqi-Unni...
- According to some scholars, the earliest tale of Gilgamesh is `Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld' which is reworked as Tablet 12 of The Epic o...
- The earliest date for the composition of the Epic of Gilgamesh is 2100 BCE.
- The Epic of Gilgamesh was found in the ruins of the Library of Ashurbanipal in the city of Nineveh in 1849 by archaeologist Austen Henry Layard.
Oct 25, 2021 · In what is perhaps the oldest known written story in human history, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh, king of the ancient city of Uruk, sets out on an adventure to discover the secret of eternal life.
Aug 20, 2019 · Gilgamesh is the name of a legendary warrior king, a figure based on the fifth king of the first dynasty of the Mesopotamian capital of Uruk, sometime between 2700–2500 BCE. Real or not, Gilgamesh was the hero of the first recorded epic adventure tale, told in the ancient world from Egypt to Turkey, from the Mediterranean coast to ...
