Achilles Beside Gilgamesh: Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry by Michael Clarke

Achilles Beside Gilgamesh: Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry

Michael Clarke

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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...

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