In the civilization portrayed in Epic of Gilgamesh, do females have power? If so, what is the nature of that power? Is it weaker than or equal to the power of males, or is it of a different order altogether?

Lucretius (c. 99-55 B.C.E.) explicitly rejected religion, but did he reject gods? His six-book Latin poem De rerum natura accepts the existence of gods. But what role does it assign to them?