The epics are Gilgamesh and Beowulf, with the two heroes both going on quests one to seek eternal life, and the other to seek glory. In my opinion Gilgamesh if no hero, but I think that Beowulf is considered to be an epic hero. Gilgamesh goes out to learn the secret of life so that he could bring back his dead friend Enkidu. To do this, he has to seek the secret of life from Utnapishtim in paradise, which involves journeying past the gates between the Mashu mountains into the Road of the Sun, past