Gilgamesh among Us : : Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic / / Theodore Ziolkowski.
The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians...
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