Gilgamesh is two thirds God and one thirds man (Epic of Gilgamesh Chapter 6), a product of intercourse and relationship between and God. ... In the case of god Ea, he comes as a helper to Utnapishtim despite the collective anger of the gods towards man an action that demonstrates some kind of affection and hope shared between man and god. ... Both epics also shed light on the very central theme of fate and destiny found in both Greek and Mesopotamian culture and practices. ... The first of which involved Hera's offer to Paris in which she asks him to pick between Aphrodite and Athena ...

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Gilgamesh is described as two-thirds god and one-third human, which marks him out as a special kind of character who exists in relationship with both the divine world and the mortal world (Gilgamesh 1.145) The king of Uruk is not apparently present in the story of Gilgamesh, and Peleus is far away from Troy at Phthia. ... The first event involves a journey to the mythical cedar forest to defeat the monstrous Humbaba, who is described by Ninsun as a wild thing, repugnant to the god Shamash (Gilgamesh 3.54). ...

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