Gilgamesh the king / retold and illustrated by Ludmila Zeman.
Material type:
TextSeries: [Epic of Gilgamesh ; 1]Publication details: Toronto : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, [1998], c1992.Description: 24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0887764371
- 9780887764370
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2093 Z53 | Available | 33111010430169 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu, the "uncivilized" beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human.
A retelling of the epic story of Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, who learns the true meaning of friendship and kindness from Enkidu, who lives among the animals of the forest.