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. ... The events in the character's life do indeed cover a broad range of heroic epic encounters; however it is the character and psychological or emotional development of Gilgamesh that can lend light most on ancient heroic perspectives of death and mortality, especially when compared with Achilles. ... The first event involves a journey to the mythical cedar forest to defeat the monstrous Humbaba, who is described by Ni...

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