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Gilgamesh
New & Ancient Mesopotamian Tales
Series: Myths, Gods & Immortals
Brief Description
An awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero Gilgamesh, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths. The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk in Sumer, Gilgamesh is a hugely influential figure, not least on Homer's famous tales, the Iliad and...
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Format: Hardback
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The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk, Gilgamesh's story has it all: quests to the underworld, epic journeys, ghosts, giants and beasts, a great flood, love and death. This exciting book includes new stories that explore this character alongside an introductory section covering the original tales and background.
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Description
An awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero Gilgamesh, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths. The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk in Sumer, Gilgamesh is a hugely influential figure, not least on Homer's famous tales, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but also on modern culture.
His stories, and later Babylonian interwoven narrative, have it all: quests to the underworld, epic journeys, ghosts, giants and beasts, a great flood, love and death. Together with the goddess Inanna (aka Ishtar) and his beloved companion Enkidu, Gilgamesh experiences adventure and self-discovery as gripping as any Hellenistic hero.
This exciting book includes new stories that explore this character and all his virtues, flaws, adventures and relationships. Whether as told in the ancient tablets or extrapolated in the authors' imaginations, whether set 2000 years BCE or 2150 CE, the tales are fresh with insight and inventiveness.
Also accompanied by an introductory section covering the original tales and background to the character, by Emily H. Wilson, author of The Sumerians Trilogy of novels: Inanna, Gilgamesh and Ninshubar, the reader will truly discover the gripping story of this archetypal hero.
Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781835628089
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing
Illustration: 3 Line drawings, black and white
Contributors:
- Contributions by Malina Douglas
- Contributions by Rocky Boudreaux
- Foreword by Prof. Enrique Jiménez
- Introduction by Emily H. Wilson
- Contributions by Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta
- Contributions by Irene W. Collins
- Contributions by Adrian Gebhard
- Contributions by David Horn
- Contributions by Murray Eiland
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 213.0mm
Weight: 850g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Emily H. Wilson ('Introducing Gilgamesh') is the author of a trilogy of novels set in Ancient Sumer. Inanna, Gilgamesh and Ninshubar are all published by Titan. Before becoming an author, Emily worked as a full-time journalist, most recently serving as editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine. Prof. Dr Enrique Jimenez (Foreword) has held a chair in Ancient Near Eastern Literatures at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2018 and is the winner of a 2017 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. He specialises in the literature and scholarly texts of ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the first millennium BCE. He is Principal Investigator of the 'Electronic Babylonian Library' platform (http://www.ebl.lmu.de/).
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