Achilles beside Gilgamesh

• Verfasst von: Clarke, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Achilles beside Gilgamesh
• Titelzusatz: mortality and wisdom in early epic poetry
• Verf.angabe: Michael Clarke (National Unversity of Ireland, Galway)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2019
• Umfang: xxv, 385 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 338-367
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48178-6
• Schlagwörter: (t)Gilgamesch-Epos / (s)Rezeption / (p)Homerus
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Clarke, Michael, 1966 - : Achilles beside Gilgamesh. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 385 pages)
• RVK-Notation: FE 3789
• K10plus-PPN: 1675848513

Abstract

"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 addresses this question through an experiment in intertextual reading"--