### Excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell

At four hundred miles, they stopped to eat;
at a thousand miles, they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.
When the sun was setting, they dug a well,
they filled their waterskins with fresh water.
Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop,
he poured out flour as an offering and said,
"Mountain, bring me a favorable dream."
Enkidu did the ritual for dreams,
praying for a sign. A gust of wind passed.
He built a shelter for the night,
placed Gilgamesh on the floor, and spread
a magic circle of flour around him,
then sprawled like a net across the doorway.

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### Task

Write two paragraphs that analyze two points about why Gilgamesh is an epic hero. Be sure to use more than one example from the text to support each point.

For full credit (100 points), ensure that your response includes the following elements:

1. Specificity: Your response specifically addresses the prompt to completion and incorporates your learning from the lesson (30-50 points).
2. Evidence: Your response provides specific evidence from the text or resource as requested (20-30 points).
3. Grammar and Mechanics: Your response uses correct grammar and mechanics (5-20 points).