There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). ... It is through the outline of the heroes' lives, their relationships to their heroic partner, the gods, animals, and mere humans, and their reactions to death that Wolff supposes provide this basic definition of man and that the epic medium's pervasiveness in a culture that provides the validity of that definition seems implicit in such a hypothesis. ... Immediately this represents a change in the character of Enkidu, who moves from a wild animal t...

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