Gilgamesh…

               The story of Gilgamesh displays the importance of friendship. Although he was man who was two-thirds of a God, he demonstrated weakness in his feelings for Enkidu. Gilgamesh went from being a man who challenged everyone, and slept with their wives, to a man who felt incomplete at the loss of his beloved Enkidu. This not only demonstrated a love amongst men (homosexual connotation) during a period in which such practices had never existed, but it also paved the way for a different idea of companionship, one that is not solely a typical male and female bond. The story of Gilgamesh also shows the corruption of man. They conquered their enemies simply to receive the title of most powerful; when in the end they proved two things to be true one, they (Gilgamesh and Enkidu) are not Gods, and two, they are subject to the same treatment as their foes death.