The Epic of Gilgamesh OR a biography of one of the Roman Emperors by Essay

The Epic of Gilgamesh OR a biography of one of the Roman Emperors by the Roman historian Suetonius in his Lives of the Caesars - Essay Example Gilgamesh heard about him from a hunter who had spotted him at the river taking a bath. The hunter or trapper as they were best known went and told his father, who eventually send him to Gilgamesh so that he would give him a temple prostitute who would seduce Enkidu. He returned with Shamhat. The following day they waited for Enkidu to reappear so that they would send the prostitute who seduced him eventually. On his reappearance, the prostitute seduced him and they made love for six days and seven nights. In the end the animals in the wilderness did not accept him again. Shamhat made a preposition to him to accompany her to Uruk. Enkidu accepted especially since he was curious of who this Gilgamesh is. He and Shamhat set to leave for Uruk the following day On their way there the following day they were shocked at Gilgamesh‘s ways. At the camp they stopped over, Gilgamesh was to sleep with the bride on the eve of her wedding before her husband slept with her. Enkidu was enraged by this act of inhumanness towards people by Gilgamesh. He was now determined to stop Gilgamesh and his acts. In the meantime Gilgamesh was having dreams of the arrival of Enkidu. So he was well prepared for him on his arrival. When the two met up a fight broke out well as expectedGilgamesh triumphed over Enkidu, but this was a changing moment for him. He finally became friends with Enkidu. Enkidu in return tells Gilgamesh about a beast in the cedar forest (McCaughrean, 110). They went to forest together with the god of the sun they defeated the beast. On their way back. Gilgamesh met Ishtar. Ishtar was a spiteful lover. Gilgamesh learnt this and rejected her eventually. She was offended and asked Anu to punish him for that. Sorrow descended upon the peopl e of Uruk as hundreds of them died in the hands of The Bull of Heaven. Both Gilgamesh and Enkidu joined hands and killed the beast. In the end Gilgamesh went to mount Mashu in pursuit of immortality. While there he was told that