Gilgamesh the King

Gilgamesh the KingBy: Ludmila Zeman Series: The Gilgamesh Trilogy Gilgamesh, half god and half man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat,

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