The life that you seek you never will find: when the gods created mankind, death they dispensed to mankind, life they kept for themselves. - Gilgamesh

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The life that you seek you never will find: when the gods created mankind, death they dispensed to mankind, life they kept for themselves.

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(Bilgames in the earliest texts) was a historical king of the ian city-state of Uruk, a major hero in ancient , and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an written in Akkadian during the late . He likely ruled between 2800 and 2500 BCE and was posthumously deified. He became a major figure in during the (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BCE).

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Alternative Names: Bilgamesh Gilgamish Izdubar Gilgamec Gilgameš
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Sisig (a god of dreams), the son of Utu, will provide light for him in the nether world, the place of darkness. When a funerary statue is made in honour of someone, whoever they may be, for future days, mighty youths [...] will form a semicircle at the door-jambs and perform wrestling and feats of strength before them. In the month Nenejar, at the festival of the ghosts, no light will be provided before them without him (i.e. Gilgamec).

The great wild bull has lain down and is never to rise again. Lord Gilgamesh has lain down and is never to rise again. [...] The hero fitted out with a shoulder-belt has lain down and is never to rise again. He who was unique in strength has lain down and is never to rise again. He who diminished wickedness has lain down and is never to rise again. He who spoke most wisely has lain down and is never to rise again. The plunderer of many countries has lain down and is never to rise again. He who knew how to climb the mountains has lain down and is never to rise again. The lord of Kulaba has lain down and is never to rise again. He has lain down on his death-bed and is never to rise again. He has lain down on a couch of sighs and is never to rise again.

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