gilgamesh and creon

There are many great stories and tales that come from the Ancient Civilization, two of them being Sophocles’ Antigone and the epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh tells the story of the careless king of Uruk, that is looking for immortality, who later becomes a wise and responsible king, and the other, Antigone, tells the story of the king of Thebes that is clouded by his own power, who loses everything important to him and is left with sorrow and guilt. Creon, from Antigone, and Gilgamesh are considered to be ruthless leaders. They rule their kingdoms both differently and the same, they both have faults and strengths and how those go into how they remain in power, and how the authors of the stories produce lessons that can be learned by each ruler. Let us start by discussing their similarities and differences. Creon and Gilgamesh are two completely different people, but in some ways, they are the same. Some of their differences include that Creon is very concerned with upholding the law throughout his kingdom, while Gilgamesh was not concerned with anything regarding his kingdom. Another example of their differences would be that Creon is very cruel and Gilgamesh was careless. An example of Gilgamesh’s carelessness happens when he loses the immortality plant to a snake. Gilgamesh is also kind of a trickster. When he goes on his journey to seek immortality, he goes to seek out Utnapishtim because Utnapishtim has achieved immortality. He relates to Gilgamesh the story of how he and his wife became immortal, and then challenges Gilgamesh to stay awake for six days and seven nights to earn immortality. Gilgamesh agrees, but he falls asleep right away, thinking he can fool Utnapishtim. But Utnapishtim proves to Gilgamesh that he did not succeed in staying awake because Utnapishtim had his wife bake bread for every day that Gilgamesh slept. On the seventh day, Utnapishtim showed Gilgamesh the first piece of bread, which was covered in mold, proving that Gilgamesh slept for