... with more unified themes (West 65, Noegel 240). This unified epic, where the several episodes are linked together, provides a picture of a heroic king who undergoes development and comes to some sort of understanding of the world where he lives. It is the Standard, or Old Babylonian, version of the hero Gilgamesh to whom the character of Achilles may best be compared. Wolff has noted, by looking ... name" (Gilgamesh 7.264-6). These are the last words of Enkidu, the tablet ends here. Before moving to the mourning for the dead hero, it will be important to look at his death. The gods appa...

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