Gilgamesh and Modern Society

Over time, people of all cultures tell stories of heroes and kings. The oldest story we recorded was the story of King Gilgamesh. This story is the story of King's journey and achievements. It was written over 4,000 years ago, but there are many comparisons between the society that wrote the story and our own contemporary society. In this article we will examine the differences and similarities between the two societies. The story itself reflects the image of the cultural situation that it imagines.

Gilgamesh, epic Gilgamesh's hero is the king of Uruk 's history in the Babylonian river along the river of Iraq' s modern Iraq. Odysseus is the hero of Odysseus' epic and is the ruler of the Kingdom of Ithaca. He is one of the best Greek leaders in the Trojan War. Both have certain advantages, Gilgamesh is healthy, Odysseus has a spiritual advantage. Gilgamesh is a very confident person, and from time to time confidence leads to him that there is no sympathy for the people of Uru at the beginning of the story. He is their king but is not their guardian; he killed their sons and raped their daughters. As he is a two-thirds god, his mother is a goddess Nin San, a third of the people, so he feels better than the others. This fact is the key to all his actions. This is the reason he is different from the hero Odysseus.

In ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, Gilgamesh and Odysseus played a role model role in their respective communities. The modern concept of role models and heroes is greatly influenced by people's cultural ideals and expectations. This is because, in modern society, society will see people with influence when it will solve the problems faced by their society. For example, political leaders play a leading role in helping society cope with the threats of starvation, floods, terrorism and poverty (Ankumah, 2014).

Mesopotamia This great leader is Gilgamesh. His saved epic is very important for contemporary culture. Through gilgamesh, it reveals the fate of mankind and expresses the inevitable factor of change. In Gilgamesh epic, this is a great love, the sorrow that follows continues, bringing a big change to the character of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a pure power before Enkidu arrived. Gilgamesh boasted that in an unstoppable situation he did not play an equal game.