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	Gilgamesh
		Gilgamesh is the son of Ninsun, a comparatively obscure goddess who had a palace-temple in Uruk.
		Gilgamesh is fifth on the King-List and reigned in Uruk around 2700 BCE (or some hundred years or so later) for 126 years (his son reigned a mere 30 years).
		The Epic of Gilgamesh was preserved on clay tablets which were deciphered in the last century.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/g/gilgamesh.html (238 words)

	Gilgamesh: A Who2 Profile
		Gilgamesh is the central figure and hero of the Assyro-Babylonian myth The Epic of Gilgamesh, a story written on clay tablets that is considered to be the earliest known literary work.
		Gilgamesh was probably a real person who lived between 2,500 and 2,700 B.C., the fifth king in the First Dynasty of Uruk (modern-day Iraq).
		The tablets are significant as an archeological record, and the story is significant because of parallels found in the Bible (especially the story of the Great Flood) and because it touches on the universal themes of the meaning of life, the dual nature of humanity and the differences between the divine and the human.
	www.who2.com /gilgamesh.html (205 words)

	Gilgamesh: King Gilgamesh
		Gilgamesh (demigod) The son, either of a nomad or of the hero-king Lugalbanda and of the goddess Ninsun, Gilgamesh, may have been a historical King of Erech, during the time of the first Ur dynasty.
		Gilgamesh is a bad ruler; he sleeps with all the women and takes away children from their families.
		Gilgamesh was experiencing dreams that were worrying him, however Enkidu believed that they foretold victory - and indeed, as soon as the first cedars were felled, the great Humbaba was aroused and duly vanquished by the equal power of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
	www.lycos.com /info/gilgamesh--king-gilgamesh.html (568 words)

	Epic of Gilgamesh - History for Kids!
		Gilgamesh sends a beautiful woman to Enkidu, and when he sees her he kisses her and the kiss works like magic to tame him: he follows her back to the city and becomes civilized.
		Gilgamesh is so cool now that the goddess Ishtar falls in love with him, but when she asks him to be her boyfriend, Gilgamesh says no (and he is pretty rude about it too).
		Gilgamesh the King, The Revenge of Ishtar, and The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmilla Zeman (1998-9).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/westasia/literature/gilgamesh.htm (740 words)

	gilgamesh
		Naturally, since Gilgamesh is part divine and part human, while Enkidu is part human and part animal, the sacrifice, the judgment falls on Enkidu, who sickens and dies, at first cursing the harlot who led him to civilization, Gilgamesh and death, but then blessing her for the joy of friendship with Gilgamesh.
		Gilgamesh is distraught with grief and denial of death.
		Gilgamesh returns to Uruk with the boatman Urshanabi, and points out to him the mighty walls; this is the proper work of a human being, not the search for eternal life.
	novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/eng251/gilgameshstudy.htm (2772 words)

	The Sci Fi Catholic: Book Review: Gilgamesh the King
		Gilgamesh, which is the world's oldest surviving example of epic poetry, tells the story of the king of Uruk, a city of ancient Sumer.
		Gilgamesh is so energetic he "would not leave young girls alone" and "would not leave any son alone for his father," according to Dalley's translation.
		But when Gilgamesh rebuffs the goddess Inanna, who is so enticed by his triumphs that she asks him to be her lover, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven on the city of Uruk.
	www.scificatholic.com /2007/08/book-review-gilgamesh-king.html (2578 words)

	Ballet GUIGAMESH by A. DANILEVSKI
		Gilgamesh, two-thirds god and one-third human, is the greatest king on earth and the strongest super-human that ever existed; had all knowledge, who saw the great Mystery, he knew the Hidden and built the great city of Uruk; however, he is young and oppresses his people harshly.
		Gilgamesh is torn apart by the death of his friend, and utters a long lament, ordering all of creation to never fall silent in mourning his dead friend.
		Utnapishtim was the great king of the world before the Flood and, with his wife, was the only mortal preserved by the gods during the Flood.
	danilevski.org /Gilgamesh.html (551 words)

	BookPage Fiction Review: Science Fiction Roundup
		The Sumerian legend of Gilgamesh, a powerful king who wanted to augment his power with immortality, has a tendency to appear in fantasy every few years.
		Stephan Grundy's third novel, Gilgamesh, is a glorious and straightforward retelling of the legend.
		Gilgamesh has bought into the idea that as part god, he has a divine right to rule the city-state of Erech.
	www.bookpage.com /0010bp/fiction/science_fiction_roundup.html (394 words)

	chapters.indigo.ca: Gilgamesh The King: Ludmila Zeman: Books
		The world's first civilization, believed to be the setting for the garden of Eden, Mesopotamia is also the setting for the epic of the god-man Gilgamesh, the first tragic hero in world literature.
		Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk.
		Ludmila Zeman was born in the former Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada in 1984.
	www.chapters.indigo.ca /books/Gilgamesh-The-King-Ludmila-Zeman/9780887764370-item.html (490 words)

	Gilgamesh in popular culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gilgamesh the King and To the Land of the Living by Robert Silverberg.
		Gilgamesh II, a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1989, featured a powerful being of unknown origin who discovers a wild brother, who then dies; the hero eventually becomes separated from humanity and, with only aliens for company, chooses to vanish into a void.
		In Sid Meier's Civilization III Conquests, the Sumerian civilization (Agricultural and Scientific) is led by Gilgamesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilgamesh_in_popular_culture (844 words)

	EAWC Essay: Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh
		We know they celebrated a king named Gilgamesh; we know they believed in many gods; we know they were self-conscious of their own cultivation of the natural world; and we know they were literate.
		When Enkidu tells Gilgamesh his dream of the Underworld, Gilgamesh responds, "we must treasure the dream whatever the terror; for the dream has shown that misery comes at last to the healthy man, the end of life is sorrow" (93).
		While Gilgamesh himself has lost the ability to live forever, or the opportunity to pass on this ability to the men of Uruk, it is enough that the snake recalls for us, in its sloughing of its skin, nature's pattern of regeneration.
	eawc.evansville.edu /essays/brown.htm (2796 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Gilgamesh tomb believed found
		Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human
		The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name.
		In the book - actually a set of inscribed clay tablets - Gilgamesh was described as having been buried under the Euphrates, in a tomb apparently constructed when the waters of the ancient river parted following his death.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm (412 words)

	Gilgamesh
		During this search, Gilgamesh is told the story about the great flood, a story that may later have informed Biblical writers as they developed the narrative about Noah and the deluge.
		Gilgamesh is praised as a ruler of great knowledge, two-thirds god and one-third man. He is presented as the strongest king and human ever to have lived, we still hear that he oppresses his people harshly.
		Gilgamesh suggests that the two new friends embark on an adventure, travelling to Iran to cut down all the cedar trees.
	i-cias.com /e.o/gilgamesh.htm (1369 words)

	Gilgamesh, the king who did not wish to die - great epics; heroic tales of man and superman UNESCO Courier - Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Gilgamesh epic is first and foremost an account of the drama of the human condition as personified by the ancient king of Uruk, with his adventures, dreams, hopes, sufferings and his final acceptance of failure.
		The admired and prosperous king of Uruk is at first depicted as a virtual superman, conscious of his strength, convinced of his superiority and tyrannizing the world around him.
		A memory, perhaps, preserved in legend, of ancient antagonisms between the refined city-dweller and the uncouth, "primitive" nomad, this double is a "savage", born and raised on the steppe beyond the limits of the civilized world.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1989_Sept/ai_8067495 (1021 words)

	Gilgamesh
		During this search, Gilgamesh is told the story about the great flood, a story that may later have informed Biblical writers as they developed the narrative about Noah and the deluge.
		Gilgamesh is praised as a ruler of great knowledge, two-thirds god and one-third man. He is presented as the strongest king and human ever to have lived, we still hear that he oppresses his people harshly.
		Gilgamesh suggests that the two new friends embark on an adventure, travelling to Iran to cut down all the cedar trees.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/gilgamesh.htm (1369 words)

	gilgamesh
		Naturally, since Gilgamesh is part divine and part human, while Enkidu is part human and part animal, the sacrifice, the judgment falls on Enkidu, who sickens and dies, at first cursing the harlot who led him to civilization, Gilgamesh and death, but then blessing her for the joy of friendship with Gilgamesh.
		Gilgamesh is distraught with grief and denial of death.
		Gilgamesh returns to Uruk with the boatman Urshanabi, and points out to him the mighty walls; this is the proper work of a human being, not the search for eternal life.
	novaonline.nvcc.edu /eli/eng251/gilgameshstudy.htm (2772 words)

	gilgamesh_notes
		And Gilgamesh is a traveling man. Obviously he has made a lot of stops all over the world and therefore is "worldly," when compared to the average Joseph living back in Uruk.
		Gilgamesh is a storyteller which makes him a poet and then a writer.
		When the story turns toward death and Gilgamesh goes on a journey (in order to understand it), we begin to suspect that, even though only one third of this demigod is mortal, when it comes to death, being mortal is decisive.
	www.wsu.edu /~hughesc/gilgamesh_notes.htm (687 words)

	Gilgamesh Summary
		Gilgamesh had all knowledge and wisdom, he was "he who saw the Deep" [Deep=nagbu, the cosmic domain of the god of wisdom, Ea], "surpassing all other kings".
		Gilgamesh proposes a quest (seemingly out of the blue): they are to journey to the great Forest of Cedar and cut down all the cedar trees (or a single great cedar).
		Enkidu tells Gilgamesh he knows that he is to die, and in a delirium he speaks to the door [city gate?] made from the great cedar, as if it were a man. He is blasphemous: had he known his fate, he would have used the cedar instead at Shamash's temple at Larsa, Ebabbara.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/gilgamesh.html (5278 words)

	The Epic Of Gilgamesh
		Gilgamesh the king is about to celebrate marriage with the Queen of Love, and he still demands to be first with the bride, the king to be first and the husband to follow, for that was ordained by the gods from his birth, from the time the umbilical cord was cut.
		Gilgamesh took the axe, he slung the quiver from his -shoulder, and the bow of Anshan, and buckled the sword to his belt; and so they were armed and ready for the journey.
		Gilgamesh listened to the word of his companion, he took the axe in his hand, he drew the sword from his belt, and he struck Humbaba with a thrust of the sword to the neck, and Enkidu his comrade struck the second blow.
	www.aina.org /books/eog/eog.htm (16762 words)

	Gilgamesh (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gilgamesh was actually a real king whose legendary, sometimes mythological exploits we know about because they were preserved in the form of oral history for generations after the king died.
		Gilgamesh had peeled off his clothes, he listened to his words and wept quick tears, Gilgamesh listened and his tears flowed.
		She is covered with a veil; and where she sits she sees Gilgamesh coming towards her, wearing skins, the flesh of the gods in his body, but despair in his heart, and his face like the face of one who has made a long journey.
	www.accd.edu /nvc/areas/huma/pages/divine_gilgamesh2.htm (1498 words)

	The Gilgamesh Story by Tablet
		Gilgamesh, as the king of Uruk, claimed the right to be the first to have sexual intercourse with every new bride on the day of her wedding.
		Gilgamesh was about to claim his right as king to some helpless bride when he was stopped by the figure of Enkidu in the doorway of the marital chamber.
		Gilgamesh was startled by the wisdom of this old man and realized it was Ziasudra/Utnapishtim he was speaking with.
	www.garone.net /tony/gilgastorytablet.html (2515 words)

	Gilgamesh
		Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk, which he had built with his own hands with walls around it.
		GILGAMESH Retold by: Chris R. Gilgamesh, a strong tyrant ruler, was the king of strong walled Uruk.
		Gilgamesh is ruler of Urukamd a harsh one.
	www.geocities.com /trpjwig/mideast/gilgamesh.html (17131 words)

	Gilgamesh
		Nearly 5,000 years ago, Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk in Sumeria, a city state on the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq.
		Gilgamesh was the central hero in numerous adventures and legendary tales for hundreds of years after his life.
		Similar to the “Teacher” in the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, mighty Gilgamesh is forced to face his fragile state of humanity.
	www.allaboutphilosophy.org /gilgamesh.htm (364 words)

	Gilgamesh the King
		The epic tale of Gilgamesh, the legendary god-king of Sumeria who discovered the secret of eternal life, has enflamed the imagination of countless generations.
		In Gilgamesh the King, award-winning author Robert Silverberg gives us a vivid portrait of a courageous, lusty, sometimes reckless ruler of men.
		It is the majestic tale of a man haunted by gods, tormented by his passion for a woman who was his greatest rival, and driven by a thirst for immortality.
	www.majipoor.com /novels/ngilgameshtheking.html (220 words)

	People - Timeline Index
		The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is from Babylonia, dating from long after the time that king Gilgamesh was supposed to have ruled.
		The Yellow Emperor or Huang Di is a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is said to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese.
		King Yu of Xia of China, born Si Wen Ming, often called Da Yu ("Yu the Great").
	www.timelineindex.com /content/select/1273 (484 words)

	Amazon.ca: Gilgamesh the King: Books: Ludmila Zeman
		The Mesopotamian epic about a tyrannical king who finds his humanity and embarks on a quest for immortality here takes shape as a trio of books: Gilgamesh the King, The Revenge of Ishtar and The Last Quest of Gilgamesh.
		Bernarda Bryson's Gilgamesh (Harcourt, 1967; o.p.) retells the complete epic in more evocative language, but the ratio of text to illustrations is much greater, making it less accessible.
		Gilgamesh the King, The Return of Ishtar, and The Last Quest of Gilgamesh are exceedingly well-written and show many different themes and life lessons.
	www.amazon.ca /Gilgamesh-King-Ludmila-Zeman/dp/0887764371 (1269 words)

	The Epic of Gilgamesh - Lostpedia
		It is about the plight of a god-like man, Gilgamesh (the king of Uruk), who befriends Enkidu, a man who grew up alone in the wilderness and who initially persuades Gilgamesh to be a better, less tyranical ruler.
		Gilgamesh mourns his friend at length, then travels in search of his ancestor, Uta-napishtim, who possesses the secret of immortality.
		Though the answer is clearly 'GILGAMESH' from the clue, this doesn't actually fit with the other 'across' clues offered, which lends extra credence to the idea that the answer itself was intentionally emphasized by the writers (because they edited the entire thing in to make it fit).
	www.lostpedia.com /wiki/The_Epic_of_Gilgamesh (317 words)

	Reviews of 'Gilgamesh the King (Gilgamesh Trilogy, The)'
		"Gilgamesh was part god and part man. He looked human, but he did not know what it was to be human." And that was his trouble, for he lacked empathy and forced his people to build a monument to his pride in the form of a huge wall.
		When Gilgamesh is told of this wild man, Enkidu, "the strongest man in the world," he seeks to destroy him.
		While this version is certainly accessible to children, I don't agree with many of the liberties the author took with any of these stories in the series.
	www.usingenglish.com /amazon/us/reviews/0887764371.html (389 words)

	Epic of Gilgamesh
		In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat.
		Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention of the goddess Ishtar.
		Although it doesn't contain a retelling of Gilgamesh, it does include a section on the story itself, as well as a wealth of information and glimpses into the life of the ancient Mesopotamian culture which gave birth to the legend of Gilgamesh.
	www.rchistory.com /gilgamesh.htm (675 words)

	EAWC: The Ancient Near East
		There was a real Gilgamesh, a king who ruled some 2700 years before Christ lived and the Romans consolidated their vast empire.
		The character and the exploits of this king were preserved in the form of stories that circulated for many years after the king's death.
		How extraordinary is the description of the snake, whose stealing of the essence of immortality from Gilgamesh results in the snake's rebirth each time it sheds its skin.
	eawc.evansville.edu /nepage.htm (389 words)

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