1. Friendship in The Epic of Gilgamesh
When Enkidu was thrown he said to Gilgamesh, 'There is not another like you in the world. Ninsun, who is as strong as a wild ox in the byre, she was the mother who bore you, and now you are raised above all men, and Enlil has given you the kingship, for your strength surpasses the strength of men.' ... "You loved him and embraced him as a wife; and it is he who will repeatedly save you. ... Through their trails they became more dependent on each other in such a way it seems homoerotic. ... " The personification of Gilgamesh going from a god like figure to a civilized human ...
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