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    that surpass any modern day super hero. From the ancient Sumerian culture came the tale of Gilgamesh‚ and from the Greeks came a man by the name of Odysseus. These heroes were people set on a journey‚

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    “Fertile Crescent”. Gilgamesh was the fifth sovereign he was part god and part man. From him we learn kingship was a matter of divine entitlement and human authority. In the excerpt from Epic Gilgamesh (2100 BC)‚ As the king Gilgamesh was honor and said to be "two-thirds god" (46) and "a god and a man" (15). Kings were divinely chosen and granted great supremacy with god-like status. However‚ god-like status did not make the king incapable of making mistakes or being wrong. Gilgamesh was labeled "a tyrant"

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    the futurist‚ have in common with Gilgamesh Arguably the oldest hero in history? Well unsurprisingly not much‚ for instance Iron Man is a Genius Billionaire with a high-tech suit of armor. While Gilgamesh was an ancient king‚ a good ancient king‚ but still ancient. They both were searching for immortality and failed. Along the way they both depended on friends to defeat a common enemy. Both of them went searching for immortality‚ albeit different kinds. Gilgamesh wanted physical immortality while

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    the life of Noah. In the story of Gilgamesh‚ a man by the name of Utnaptishtim experience the fate Noah had with the flood. Even though these stories are very similar‚ there are differences that are present. In the

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    including The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the portrayal of a hero who faces and overcomes evil symbolizes hope for humankind in general. When the protagonist of the epic‚ Gilgamesh‚ squares up with the demon‚ Humbaba‚ the battle signifies more than simply a fight between two entities. The king sets a goal for himself: journey to the Cedar Forest‚ defeat the guardian demon‚ and retrieve the cedar. Several times along the way‚ the hero experiences dread. His fear is justified; Enkidu tells Gilgamesh of the demon‚ “Humbaba’s

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    While Auden’s The Shield of Achilles gives a glimpse of the mythology concerning the great Trojan War‚ the lines themselves are immersed in their own battle of legos vs. pathos as the two main characters’ dissenting views and one’s triumph over the other illustrate an everlasting plight of humanity. Thetis‚ the mother of Achilles‚ is hope personified‚ as she acts in desperation to save her son from death‚ in spite of the knowledge of his inevitable fate. As she watches Hephaestus forge the indestructible

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    and Gilgamesh flood stories. Although different in regards to the details‚ the main plot is similar between the two stories from two different civilizations. Because of this similarity‚ many people believe that either “Genesis was copied from an earlier Babylonian story‚ or the Gilgamesh myth was copied from an earlier Hebrew story‚ or both were copied from a common source that predates them both (Robinson). There are many similarities between the Noah flood story and the Gilgamesh flood

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh Billy R. Nordyke Professor Hill Humanities I The main character in the book The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ is Gilgamesh himself. In the beginning of the book one realizes that Gilgamesh is an arrogant person. Gilgamesh is full of himself and abuses his rights as king. He has sexual intercourse with the virgins of his town and acts as though he is a god. Although some readers of this classic book may say that Gilgamesh does not change from the beginning

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    Mythology is the study of myths in sacred stories that connect humans‚ Gods‚ life‚ death‚ and afterlife. Gilgamesh has many different connections between Gods and humans. It is the oldest surviving piece of literature‚ but is incomplete‚ written only on clay tablets in cuneiform ("Notes on Gilgamesh."). The mythology from the stories is talked highly about amongst historians. Many have translated the text and tried to analyze it. There is one idea that the Gods played a big role in what the Uruk

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    of that epic’s culture. In the ancient Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh translated by Herbert Mason and the Anglo Saxon epic Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney‚ the intrepid heroes‚ Gilgamesh and Beowulf face many challenges‚ proving their heroic virtues. Gilgamesh and Beowulf both reveal their cultures values‚ however‚ these values differ from one another. Beowulf and Gilgamesh both illustrate the virtues and values of their cultures. Gilgamesh and Beowulf both rule in their own time‚ but only Beowulf

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