What is adventure? A reexamination The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the best Epic’s every written. Gilgamesh was a king with a lot of power. Before the story he was basically a tyrant to all his people. He was not a good king at the time before this Epic took place. Although plenty of things made him into a great man later in the story. I believe the most important segments of Gilgamesh is that it showed death can be a good thing in the early meeting with Enkidu, the death of Enkidu, and the quest for immortality. The Epic of Gilgamesh was set in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is Greek, meaning between two rivers. The birth of Mesopotamia was in 3100 BC. Mesopotamia is in modern day Iraq, and Mesopotamia is considered one
