AmeshContents<span>ContextPlot OverviewCharacter ListAnalysis of Major CharactersGilgameshEnkiduUtnapishtimSiduriThemes, Motifs, and SymbolsSummary and AnalysisTablet ITablet IITablets III and IVTablet VTablet VITablet VIITablets VIII and IXTablet XTablets XI and XIIExpandImportant Quotations ExplainedKey FactsStudy Questions and Essay TopicsQuizzesBibliographyHow to Cite This SparkNote</span>
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Share on TwitterCharacter ListPeopleGilgamesh - King of Uruk, the strongest of men, and the personification of all human virtues. A brave warrior, fair judge, and ambitious builder, Gilgamesh surrounds the city of Uruk with magnificent walls and erects its glorious ziggurats, or temple towers. Two-thirds god and one-third mortal, Gilgamesh is undone by grief when his beloved companion Enkidu dies, and by despair at the prospect of his own extinction. He travels to the ends of the Earth in search of answers to the mysteries of life and death.
