Which of the following is NOT true of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
a. It is an epic poem that was told orally for centuries before being written down in the third millennium BCE
b. It involves a character who, like the biblical Noah, survived a devastating flood
c. It is the earliest known literary work that tries to come to terms with death
d. It argues that in the afterlife, mankind is spiritually equal to the gods
d. It argues that in the afterlife, mankind is spiritually equal to the gods
Epic's moral story is the inevitability of death. It is inescapable fact of human life, which is the greatest lesson Gilgamesh learns. Gilgamesh is bitter that only the gods can live forever and says as much when Enkidu warns him away from their fight with Humbaba.
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