When Gilgamesh meets with Utnapishtim and questions him on how he achieved immortality, Utnapishtim starts telling him “a secret of the gods” and relates it to the story of the flood and how he had “survived” it. Starting in line 143, Utnapishtim’s describes vividly his experiences which are highly connected to the deluge story I know. This part of the poem is very important, I believe, because it foreshadows how the story will end. In the final analysis, Gilgamesh is considered an epic hero because, according to the expert the gods created him two thirds god and one third man. He was also strong and clever, and knew secrets and mysteries no one else knew. In my point of view, however, Gilgamesh is an epic hero because of the lesson I visualized in the story, which is that in order to be unforgettable one does not need to be immortal, but should simply leave his achievements to the world to