The Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh
what is mocking about Gilgamesh finding the rose and then losing it
what is mocking about Gilgamesh finding the rose and then losing it
Gilgamesh is seaching for eternal life. The rose returns lost youth to those who hold it.... Ironically, Gilgamesh loses what he sought.
There is a plant that grows under the water, it has a prickle like a them, like a rose; it will wound your hands, but if you succeed in taking it, then your hands will hold that which restores his lost youth to a man.'
Epic of Gilgamesh