("The Epic of Gilgamesh" 39). ... The people of Uruk started to complain to the Sumerian gods about Gilgamesh's overbearing behavior, and so the gods created Enkidu, to challenge Gilgamesh. ... Gilgamesh says to Enkidu "There dwells in the forest the fierce monster Humbaba, you and I shall kill him" ("The Epic of Gilgamesh" 48). ... He hovered around him line an eagle (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 71). ... Gilgamesh learns that "man's life is short; at any moment it can be snapped, like a reed in a canebrake" (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 79). ...

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He also shares traits with Oriental figures, Israelite hero (Samson), Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, and the Cilician god Sandas, and the Indian hero Indra who is said to have killed the three-headed monster Visvarupa. ...

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Homer's The Illiad - Hector As The Epic Hero In Homer's The Iliad there appears to be some controversy over who the true epic hero might be. We have heard many arguments supporting Achilles as the Epic Hero, and since The Iliad does indeed say "The Story of Achilles" I believe that Achilles is an easy character for people to associate as the epic hero. Although many people have cited Achilles as having superhuman strength and various other physical attributes, he appears to be lacking the qualities of a real Homeric Epic Hero. A Homeric Epic Hero must demonstrate all of the followin...

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