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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While striving to kill Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city of Uruk, Gilgamesh spurns the advances of the goddess Ishtar, prompting her revenge, in a retelling of an episode from the story of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest legend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The Gilgamesh epic is one of the world's oldest and most important legends. Gilgamesh is a terrible tyrant. When he orders his subjects to build a great wall, the exhausted people are in despair. But the evil king meets the 'uncivilized' Enkidu, and learns lessons of friendship and true humanity that will change him forever"--Cover.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Godlike Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, has built a beautiful city, but is also a terrible tyrant. In answer to the prayers of his oppressed citizens, the gods create Enkidu, a wild man whose destiny is to first fight Gilgamesh, and then become his life-long friend. They embark on adventures together, but when they - together - kill the Bull of Heaven, Enkidu must pay the ultimate price. In his grief and fear of his own death, Gilgamesh goes on a journey...
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