"The Epic of Gilgamesh" an collection of old Sumerian poems, is filled with the dramatic interactions of gods and men, rulers and peasants, humans and beasts, and men and women. ... Working from the shadows, the female characters in "The Epic of Gilgamesh" create a story which shows the role of female dominance in the creation of a civilized and powerful Sumeria. ... In the Epic, the harlot comes from the temple, which further increases the feeling of divinity and allows for the understanding of women as representative of civility. ... The Epic of Gilgamesh takes place in ancient Mesopotamia...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Epic of Gilgamesh stresses that these cosmos involve three main categories of beings: animals, humans, and Gods. ... The Epic of Gilgamesh proves to the reader that humans' consciousness of their inevitable death, while a daunting fate, is a factor in their actions, choices, and view of life. ... The people of Uruk in the Epic of Gilgamesh worship Gods such as Ea, God of the sweet waters; Enlil, God of earth, wind, and the universal air; and Shamash, the God of the sun. ... The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches us that out of animals, humans, and gods, in the Mesopotamian cosmos, human being...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Recent studies have begun to see the Homeric epics in the light of other epic traditions, notably epics from Mesopotamia, and have begun to look at striking similarities. There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). ... The epic of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and the Iliad, with its focus on the menis of Achilles, provide a look at heroic life and its relationship with death and immortality. The hero Gilgamesh is occupied with fear of death throughout the epic (George XIII). ... Comparisons between vario...

• Word Count: 4256
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the poem, "Anonymous, Gilgamesh", the role of Gilgamesh, at the very first sight of him, is one who possesses the characteristics of beauty, strength, and the ability to do greatness for his city, Uruk. Although this is how Gilgamesh looks from a first glance, he has a drawback of being a king who makes very unwise judgments towards his people by tyrannizing them. ... Gilgamesh is an epic poem of love, but contains grief that has a real change on his character, which causes him to have major flaws in his life as a ruler, which results in a cruel treatment upon the citizens that he reigns...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate