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Throughout the epic poems both characters reveal traits of an epic hero. Both characters share god-like traits and have a variety of enemies. Each hero presents physical strength, but also goes through the emotional effects of loneliness. Each of the heroes in ....

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.... main enemy that keeps him from returning home is Poseidon. Poseidon was the father of Polyphemos, who was blinded by Odysseus. Circe, an enchantress and daughter of the sun, was also an enemy of Odysseus who wished to turn Odysseus and his men into swine. In the poem Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat the Bull of Heaven. The Bull of Heaven is also an enemy of Gilgamesh sent as a punishment for his arrogance. Mason states, “She [Ishtar] shook in greater rage and said she had no time to listen to reminders from old gods, but only to ask him to make for her the Bull of Heaven to destroy this man, [Gilgamesh],” (44). Gilgamesh also wanted to fi ....