Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.
The man who pulled you up from the groundand gave you fresh water from his waterskinis Lugalbanda, your personal god.With his help, we will achieve a triumphgreater than any man has achieved. Which feature of epic poetry does this excerpt mostclearly show?
- a courageous hero who answers a call to adventure
- a journey filled with many challenges
- a vast setting of distant landscapes
- supernatural forces, such as gods or monsters, that intervene