Gilgamesh Vs Odyssey

Homer and Unknown wrote two great books about two amazing heroes. “The Odyssey” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh” hold the most powerful message and story of two amazing heroes, Odysseus and Gilgamesh. The genre of these two works are both epic poems, Gilgamesh and Odysseus both did things out of temptation. Like, Odysseus cheated on his beloved wife Penelope. Gilgamesh on the other hand, he treated his kingdom badly. Both men did some terrible things, both forgiven for their actions. But like every other hero, there was a villain. In other words, the villain is caused by the temptation, the hero takes a wrong turn into something wrong and terrible. This is a life changing event in the hero's life, it is never a good event. The temptation in both …show more content…
“In the Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Odyssey” share very important details. Like, in both the stories the hero gets a gift. The gift is another helping hand, or shows the hero how to improve one’s self. The gift “In The Epic of Gilgamesh” is he learns how to be a better ruler to his people, and fighting in what you believe in is important. Gilgamesh set out on his journey to find immortality to save his friend Enkidu who is dead. In “The Odyssey” Odysseus gets a gift from the Gods, Hermes gives him a type of garlic to defeat Circe and the Gods help him get back home. Gilgamesh received the best gift. His gift was the chance to be able to be selfless and finally be a true man. That is not the only detail that the two stories have in common. These epic poems use plenty of alliteration. For example, in “The Odyssey” Beers uses a ton of alliteration, like on page 655 he uses the letter “s” to describe the feeling or the mood. “Is the sweetness there that grows, my hair it blows long, as I sing into the wind I tell of nights, where I could taste the salt on his skin, salt of the waves…” (Beers