"The first recognized epic hero is a Sumerian, known as Bilgames in the earliest texts, but since accepted as Gilgamesh. Around , he was the fifth king of the land of Uruk, where Iraq now sits. He was said to have reigned for 126 years and to have lived longer than that. He became the main figure in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the best-known examples of early Mesopotamian literature. In this work, he is described as a demigod, son of the mortal Lugalbanda and the goddess Romat (also known as Ninsun)."
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(Bilgames in the earliest texts) was a historical king of the ian city-state of Uruk, a major hero in ancient , and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an written in Akkadian during the late . He likely ruled between 2800 and 2500 BCE and was posthumously deified. He became a major figure in during the (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BCE).
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