The opportunity that was given to him was a sleep test. If Gilgamesh could stay awake for six nights and seven days, only then would he gain immortality. As soon as he was left to the test, he fell asleep and then woken up a week later to discover that he had not passed the test.“Come, Gilgamesh, count me your bread-loaves then you will learn [the days that you slept.] Your [first] bread-loaf [was all dried up,] the second was leathery, soggy the third, the fourth flour cake had turned white, the fifth had cast a mold off grey, fresh baked was the sixth [the 7th still on] the coals: only then did I touch you” (The Epic of Gilgamesh, X 96). Gilgamesh was devastated, he was given the simple task to stay awake, but even he two-thirds god and one-third human could not pull it off. That is when Gilgamesh lost all hope of gaining immortality and decided to return to the city of Uruk to rule his
The opportunity that was given to him was a sleep test. If Gilgamesh could stay awake for six nights and seven days, only then would he gain immortality. As soon as he was left to the test, he fell asleep and then woken up a week later to discover that he had not passed the test.“Come, Gilgamesh, count me your bread-loaves then you will learn [the days that you slept.] Your [first] bread-loaf [was all dried up,] the second was leathery, soggy the third, the fourth flour cake had turned white, the fifth had cast a mold off grey, fresh baked was the sixth [the 7th still on] the coals: only then did I touch you” (The Epic of Gilgamesh, X 96). Gilgamesh was devastated, he was given the simple task to stay awake, but even he two-thirds god and one-third human could not pull it off. That is when Gilgamesh lost all hope of gaining immortality and decided to return to the city of Uruk to rule his