... is killed by Hector. This confrontation with the true horror of death brings on the progression of his character from youth to maturity. In Gilgamesh the gods aren't pleased with the way Gilgamesh has been acting; he's been abusing his rights as king. He exhausts his men in battle and claims the ... right to sleep with any woman before her marriage. So in order to keep him busy, the gods create a rival for him named Enkidu. This baby sitter that they appoint him symbolizes his childhood through adolescent stages. Gilgamesh and Enkidu go out on ... earth but rather his name living on fo...

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