Gilgamesh "Destiny in Gilgamesh and The Iliad" Stories do not need to inform us of things. From Gilgamesh for example, we know that some of the people who lived in the land between the Tigris and Euphates rivers in the second and third milleniums BCE. We know they celabrated a king named Gilgamesh; we know they believed in many gods; we know they were self- -consious of their own cultivation of the natural world; and …showed first 75 words of 1103 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1103 total…for not having retreated at the first appearance of the Achilles. He goes out to meet Achilles in single combat and is slain. So he finally met his destiny. Achilles ties his body behind a chariot and drag it off to the greek ships. Finally, these are some contributes whereas the works of Gilgamesh and the Iliad are the same and virtualy look upon as the choosers of their own true destiny and that's DEATH.