The Epic of Gilgamesh

This paper examines the role of death in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the manner in which Gilgamesh, who begins the story as a tyrant, is civilized once he faces his own mortality. His struggle against his own oblivion forms the basis of his friendship with Enkidu and his own transformation into a bene...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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