Achilles Beside Gilgamesh: Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry

by Michael Clarke and Michael J. Clarke

It is widely recognised that the epics of Homer are closely related to the earlier mythology and literature of the Ancient Near East, above all the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. But how should this influence our response to the meaning and message of either poem? This book responds to this question through an experiment in intertextual reading. It begins by exploring Gilgamesh as a work of literature in its own right, and uses this interpretation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108481787
• ISBN13: 9781108481786
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 920 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.8"