2700 BCE -- The Epic of GilgameshGilgamesh, the main character in the Sumerian epic, is half-man, half-god. He is seeking Utnapishtim, the survivor of a worldwide flood, to try and learn how Utnapishtim was spared from the wrath of the gods. Gilgamesh is struggling to answer an important question: Can he die, or will the god part of him win out?
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