- Publisher: Flame Tree
- Year: 2018
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 197x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781786647634
- Product code: 544131
Myths of Babylon
New Paperback Illustrated
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Gathered here are myths of Babylonian and Assyrian gods, monsters, magic and demonology as well as the heroic exploits told in the Epic of Gilgamesh with its famous account of the flood. The book also features an introduction to Babylonian culture and includes Voltaire’s tale The Princess of Babylon, set in a romanticized version of the ancient civilization.
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Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales.
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Gathered here are myths of Babylonian and Assyrian gods, monsters, magic and demonology as well as the heroic exploits told in the <i>Epic of Gilgamesh</i> with its famous account of the flood. The book also features an introduction to Babylonian culture and includes Voltaire’s tale <i>The Princess of Babylon</i>, set in a romanticized version of the ancient civilization.
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