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n. - A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories.

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  • The whole turning point of Gilgamesh is the death of Enkidu.
  • What I like the most about Gilgamesh is how emotional a story it is.
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the oldest surviving pieces of literature in the world.
  • So Gilgamesh is a quest story, maintains Mitchell, but on close inspection, it's a "bizarre, quirky, and postmodern" one.
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