1. Ancient Greek Literature - Epic Heroes, Loss, and Mortalty
Gilgamesh is described as two-thirds god and one-third human, which marks him out as a special kind of character who exists in relationship with both the divine world and the mortal world (Gilgamesh 1.145) The king of Uruk is not apparently present in the story of Gilgamesh, and Peleus is far away from Troy at Phthia. ... They are also in a sense uncivilized, Enkidu literally, and Patroclus because he has killed another human being for no reason and then fled that particular civilization's jurisdiction to escape the consequences of his action. ... It is through the outline of the heroes...
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