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Epic Of Gilgamesh 2

"Who is the noblest hero? The man who conquers his senses" a quote from Bhartrihara. Heros is what is seen throughout ancient epics. Heros are, to many, seen like gods. Many heros are two parts god or have a father who is a god. Although there is god in their blood they are still human. Throughout the epics, The Iliad, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Bhagavad-Gita, the epic heros contain a characteristic that makes them more human.
Achilles, the hero of The Iliad, is flawed with too much pride. During the scene where Achilles has now finally captured Hector, Hector had slain one of Achilles's close friends, Achilles had struck hector in the throat with his sword. Achilles was ...

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did but is still classified as a hero. Arjuna was stuck with the choice of fighting ones in which he respected. What he wanted was to not fight, "how can I fight against Bhishma and Drona with arrows when they deserve my worship?" Krishna, Arjuna's charioteer who is really a god tries to convince Arjuna to fight. Arjuna tells Krishna that he will not fight. By doing this it shows that although he is a hero he still contains his human feelings of compassion toward others.
On the other hand in The Epic of Gilamesh, Gilgamesh's characteristic is almost like a flaw. Gilgamesh is very arrogant and continually overstepped his boundaries as a ruler. A bull from the heavens had been sent to fight Gilgamesh and he killed the bull knowing it would make the gods angry. By doing this it shows his arrogance. Later on, when talking to Siduri he says, "for I am Gilgamesh who seized and killed the Bull of Heaven, I killed the watchman of cedar forest, and I overthrew Humbaba who lived ...

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