Question

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men. When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop What characteristic of an epic hero does the excerpt reveal?

Answer 1

The characteristic of an epic hero that this excerpt reveal is that of SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH.
From the excerpt, it can be seen that the characters been discussed in the passage used three days to travel a distance which an ordinary person will use 42 days {6 weeks} to travel. As if that is not enough, they also dug a well within a few moment and drink water from it. These abilities implies that these characters has abilities that are beyond that of ordinary men.

Answer 2

Answer:

SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH

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