- The earliest recorded legendary king and a demigod of great strength and wisdom.
- A ruler who embarks on a great quest for immortality, discovering the wisdom of mortality instead.
- His story reveals the King’s journey of seeking ultimate truth, facing loss, and returning to rule with newfound wisdom.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest preserved epics of:
- kingship;
- friendship;
- death;
- hubris;
- wilderness;
- civilizing;
- quest;
- flood;
- failed immortality;
- wisdom through loss.
Library of Light Edition 1.0 — Last revised: December 2025