The characteristics of an epic hero that Gilgamesh demonstrates in this excerpt are options A. leadership B. courage and E. compelling speech
Firstly, the speech is an address of encouragement to the speaker's heater(s). It is meant to awaken the fighting spirit of the listener, what he has accomplished and how difficult it was. The speaker appeals to the sense of reasoning of the heater by persuading him or her or them not to relent, consequently, the speech is a compelling one.
Also, if the speaker had not had the courage in the first place, he wouldn't have had the mind to address his mates as such.
<h3>Who is an epic hero?</h3>
An epic hero is the main character of an epic work of art that tells the story or one through which the story of a grand quest is told such that they use their extraordinary or superhuman abilities to achieve great things. In literature, a hero is simply the protagonist, or main character.
Therefore, the correct answer is as given above
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