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Gilgamesh Mesopotamian hero

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Also: King of Uruk · Two-Thirds Divine

The semi-divine king of Uruk whose grief at the death of his friend Enkidu drives him on a doomed quest for immortality — the hero of the world's oldest epic.

Relationships

consort: Enkidu

Appears in

The Epic of Gilgamesh