"Gilgamesh the King"

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This paper discusses Gilgamesh's quest for immortality and whether or not he finally managed achieve it. Gilgamesh is properly the oldest written and most widely read of ancient stories. The man, his desires, and achievements have been discussed several times by several different authors, thereby immortalizing the king. Interestingly, this was what the king had always dreamed of: to become immortal; and his quest for a life devoid of death turned him into a more considerate, compassionate, and just ruler.

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"Gilgamesh was not born with a desire to live forever but one major event turned his life upside down generating in him an intense fear of death. Being a god-like figure, Gilgamesh was widely feared because of his despotic and rather ruthless style of governing the country. He was king of Uruk and was born to a mortal and a goddess, which accounted for him being half-human, half-god. Gilgamesh was a tyrant who would sleep with any woman he desired, kill children on whim and undertake all kinds of ruthless tasks to stomp his authority on his country."

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