Gilgamesh

ISBN-13: 9781032093451 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 254 str.

Louise M. Pryke

Opis

Gilgamesh focuses on the eponymous hero of the world’s oldest epic and his legendary adventures.

Spis treści

List of figures; Series foreword; Acknowledgments; Why Gilgamesh?; Key themes; Introduction; Chapter 1 Kingship; Chapter 2 Gilgamesh: Warrior and hero; Chapter 3 Animality and ecology; Chapter 4 Love and family; Chapter 5 Wisdom and civilisation; Chapter 6 Death; Gilgamesh afterwards; Chapter 7: Reception and influence; Further reading; Bibliography; Glossary; Timeline; Index

O autorze

Louise M. Pryke is a Lecturer for the Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel at Macquarie University, Australia, and a Research Associate at the University of Sydney. Gilgamesh is her second volume in the Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World series. Her first book for the series, Ishtar, explored the world’s first goddess of love.