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5 pages in length. The writer discusses what Gilgamesh did for his culture and why he was considered a hero. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the man/god coupling. Gilgamesh, who was two-thirds god and one-third human, stood as the earthly representative of Sumarian gods. Worship was the most obvious way for a commoner
to demonstrate his or her devoted, unchallenged respect and admiration for Gilgamesh, with such worship clearly illustrating the authority that kingship inherently possesses. "The skies roared with thunder and
the earth heaved, Then came darkness and a stillness like death. Lightening smashed the ground and fires blazed out; Death flooded from the skies. When the heat died and the
fires went out, The plains had turned to ash" (Dalley PG). Indeed, the cultural message imparted through heroism in The Epic of
Gilgamesh demonstrates that life is ones own responsibility; instead of leaving all things up to fate, they appeared believe that an individual has a significant influence upon his own existence.
It can readily be surmised that without assuming responsibility for ones own actions, the world would be nothing if not a jumble of adulterated confusion. Indeed, the student
can readily argue that completely handing ones life over to the notion of determinism is meant to do nothing other than abandon all possible sense of self. "He took
his heavy shield killed the dragon with his heavy bronze axe, which weighed seven talents and seven minas. Then the Zu-bird flew into the mountains with its young, while
Lilith, petrified with fear, tore down her house and fled into the wilderness" (Dalley PG). The Epic of Gilgamesh also demonstrates kingship
through its inclusion of legal issues. Prior to the Sumerians introduction of the concept of law, the Greeks followed no organizational legal system whatsoever. Being that the ancient
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