'Gilgamesh, Odysseus and Modern Heroes'

'The organism of heroes is inherent to every(prenominal)(prenominal) the cultures around world. To remark two of the numerous would be Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia and Odysseus from Grecian culture. The similarities and dissimilarities be as follows:\nTo begin with, they were two pooves. Gilgamesh ruled all over Uruk on the banks of Euphrates river, season Odysseus over the classical island of Ithaca. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been record in the tablets opus the source of Odysseuss endeavors is in general Odyssey in growth to a fewer other literary sources. The opening ancestry of Odyssey hints at the very(prenominal) nature of its booster unit when Homer writes, Oh Goddess of Inspiration, table service me sing of crafty Odysseus, that master of schemes! It is his cunningness on with brilliance as warrior that resulted in classicals engaging the trojan horse warfare and later stretch home in spite of all the odds. As is famously known now, Greek soldiers hid th emselves in the goliath wooden buck to gain chafe into the fortress of the oppositeness to overturn the effect of ten family long war.\nAs for Gilgamesh, he was in initial long time iron fisted and furious in dealing with his subjects. It was not forrader the Gods created a counterforce in Enkidu that the violent king transformed himself. This shows that antique heroes were not in all just and did not depend on the moral clutches to guide their actions.\n both(prenominal) of them were favored by Gods at various stages of their lives. While their intent in creating Enkidu brought the variety in Gilgamesh, we alike see Odysseus was everlastingly favored by Goddess Athena. The recurring themes in the text of Gilgamesh are the invasion of cedar tree forests along with Enkidu and the contract with the demon Humbaba, rejecting the Goddess Ishtar, Gilgameshs lamentation of Enkidus death, the speech of Goddess Siduri, break down to end of the universe to find center of life. Similarly, the themes which find note in Odysseus consideration are the Trojan war, the way dressing to Ithaca involving the fight with water flea Polyp...'