Gilgamesh, the king of the city-state of Uruk, son of Lugalbanda, who was earlier king of Uruk. Gilgamesh was born two-third divine and one-third human. Since he was king we would think he would be considered a virtuous character, but throughout the story, he shows he’s not. For example, Gilgamesh insults the goddess, Ishtar when she asks him to marry him. Gilgamesh by insulting Ishtar shows that even though he is considered very handsome and strong, he still wants to keep his pride with his city and people. Gilgamesh starts having dreams about this figure, which he told his mother Ninsun, who was wise and understood everything. Ninsun would interpret the dreams to him, and she told Gilgamesh that the strength of this figure means that a strong
