{"product_id":"stephen-mitchell-gilgamesh-2005","title":"Stephen Mitchell: Gilgamesh [2005]","description":"'A powerful translation' The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e'As narrative verse, this Gilgamesh entrances and enthrals.' Independent\u003cbr\u003e'Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh is a wonderful version' Harold Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the foundational work of world literature - the world's oldest epic poem, vividly translated by Stephen Mitchell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilgamesh is a born leader, the king of Uruk. But he is arrogant. To control Gilgamesh, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. They are destined to come to conflict - and yet together they could rid the world of evil, and Gilgamesh may finally discover the one secret the Gods have kept from humanity: the gift of eternal life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the second millennium B.C. the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most important surviving works of ancient literature, a thousand years older than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. A core influence on religion, culture and the heroic tradition, it is essential reading to understand the birth of ancient civilisations.","brand":"Mitchell, Stephen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55165485744467,"sku":"9781861977984","price":15.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55165485711699,"sku":"XG81861977984","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mitchell-stephen-stephen-mitchell-gilgamesh-2005-1260782961.jpg?v=1790971358","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/stephen-mitchell-gilgamesh-2005","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}