When we first meet Gilgamesh, the epic’s title character, he possesses beauty, strength, and unequaled potential for greatness, but he is a tyrannical ruler, inexperienced and impulsive. The story is about his growth to full maturity as he develops through his friendship with Enkidu and his search for everlasting life.

In almost the entire story of The Iliad, Achilles has been a prideful, jealous, stubborn prick. He is the mightiest warrior in the Achaean army, but he cannot control his pride and his rage makes a puppet of him. He gets jealous of Agamemnon for taking all the glory of winning the battles, which is understandable because he is the one who won them, and withdraws from battle causing much suffering for

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