1. Discussion Questions
Gilgamesh

2. What role does friendship play in this epic?

3. Are there checks on Gilgamesh’s power in Uruk?
What are they and how significant are they?
What’s the political hierarchy of Uruk like?

4. What does this story tell us about
what it means to be human?

5. How does the friendship of Gilgamesh and
Enkidu reveal the characters of
The two?

6. What function do women play in this story?

7. What does this story reveal about the values –the
Moral and ethical ideas and standards of behavior
Of ancient Babylonians?

8. Reread the conclusion of Gilgamesh.
How is the ending appropriate for the story or not?
What’s Gilgamesh’s next step?

9. How was death regarded by the ancient Babylonians?