Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.
At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,
at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.
When the sun was setting, they dug a well,
they filled their waterskins with fresh water,
Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop
What characteristic of an epic hero does the excerpt reveal?
bravery in the face of danger
willingness to endure a voyage
1 answer
bravery in the face of danger