1. Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded.

2. The story opens with a description of Gilgamesh.

3. It was also the capital city of Gilgamesh , hero of the famous Epic of Gilgamesh .

4. The story of the flood is told to Gilgamesh by Utnapishtim.

5. In the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is wild man created by the god Anu.

6. In The Epic of Gilgamesh they were the ones who got the plant of eternal youth. It's etiological.

7. The Epic of Gilgamesh documents the adventures of this Middle Eastern hero.

8. Gilgamesh was apparently a historical character, an actual king of Uruk but the story of course has fantastic and legendary qualities to it.

9. The Epic of Gilgamesh: As with other ancient texts, historians and literary critics cannot pinpoint the exact date when The Epic of Gilgamesh was written, though it was likely around 2000 BCE.

10. Gilgamesh was a king of Uruk, which now lies within the borders of Iraq.

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11. In the Gilgamesh Epic, the hero Utnapishtim is told in a dream by the god Ea to build a boat, because the other gods plan to send a flood to destroy the earth and all its people.

12. They foretell events, providing a sort of rationale for the extraordinary exploits, the failures and the tragedy of Gilgamesh.

13. On this same day after he awakens from this dream, Enkidu dies, and Gilgamesh is so consumed with grief he will not bury him until his body starts to decay.

14. One of the world's oldest stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh, is a lively tale of heroism and sacrifice from ancient Sumer.

15. Within that group of believers is a large subsection who believe not in a worldwide flood but rather a regional flood as is mentioned in alternative texts such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.

16. It turns out that Utnapishtim can't help him, and we'll come back to Utnapishtim later in the flood story, and Gilgamesh is devastated.

17. Lilith actually made her first appearance in The Epic of Gilgamesh, though short her later demonic traits.

18. But before he can enter the city and meet Gilgamesh he has to be tamed.

19. In its fully-developed mythical form, the Mesopotamian flood appeared in Gilgamesh.

20. Come, let me lead thee ramparted Uruk, To the holy Temple, abode of Anu and Ishtar, Where lives Gilgamesh, accomplished in strength And like a wild ox lords it over the folk.

21. Gilgamesh was the hero of the ancient Sumerian epic poem, The Song of Gilgamesh, written about 2900 B.C.

22. A similar scene found in Mesopotamia is associated with the Gilgamesh epic, in which the hero strangles a pair of lions.