Question

In the poem “The Envoys of Aga,” this person is told “let the battle mace return to your side.” This person yells at a door after learning about their impending death. This person argues that death would cement the reputation of a monster (0[1])that was defeated by thirteen winds after a friend considers (0[1])sparing it. The sacred (20[1])prostitute Shamhat spends (20[1]0[1])two weeks (20[2]0[2])teaching this person (20[1]0[1])(*) language, (10[3]0[1])though it causes (10[2])animals (10[2])to start (10[1])fleeing from him. (10[2])This (10[1])person (10[1])throws a bull’s severed leg at a fertility goddess (0[2])after his friend rejects (0[1])her advances, and he dies (10[1])after helping his friend (10[1])kill Humbaba. (10[1]0[2])Dreams about sleeping with a (10[1])meteor and an axe precede the coming of this person, whom the goddess Aruru creates to placate a despotic king of Uruk. (0[1])For 10 points, name this companion of Gilgamesh. (10[3])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

ANSWER: Enkidu
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