TY - BOOK ID - 61490739 TI - Achilles beside Gilgamesh : Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry PY - 2019 SN - 9781108481786 9781108667968 9781108723251 1108667961 1108639356 1108481787 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Homer. KW - Achilles KW - Gilgamesh KW - In literature. KW - Gilgamesh. KW - Literature. KW - Achilles, KW - Gilgamesh, KW - Iliad (Homer). KW - Achìe KW - Achilas KW - Achille KW - Achilleus KW - Achilli KW - Ahil KW - Ahile KW - Ahilej KW - Ahillejs KW - Aĥilo KW - Aichill KW - Akhilles KW - Akhilleus KW - Akhilleusz KW - Akiles KW - Akili KW - Akille KW - Akilles KW - Akkilles KW - Aquiles KW - Aquilles KW - Axill KW - Axilles KW - Ἀχιλλεύς KW - آخيل KW - アキレウス KW - Akireusu KW - 아킬레우스 KW - 阿喀琉斯 KW - Ахіл KW - Ахил KW - Ахилл KW - Akhill KW - Ахіллес KW - אכילס KW - Akhiles KW - Homer KW - Epic of Gilgamesh KW - Ghilgameš KW - Gilgamesch KW - Gilgamesz KW - Gilgāmish KW - Guilgamesh KW - Ishtar and Izdubar KW - Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) KW - Izdubar KW - Jiljāmish KW - Kilkāmish KW - Sha naqba imura UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61490739 AB - 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 as the springboard for a new reading of the Homeric epic, emphasising the movement within the poem - beginning from a world of heroic action and external violence, but shifting inwards to the thoughts and feelings of Achilles as he responds to the certainty that his own death will follow that of his best friend. The book will be of interest both to specialists and to those coming to ancient literature for the first time. ER -