He's abusing his power. He had made it a tradition in Uruk that when a couple gets married, he gets to have sex with the bride before the bridegroom does....among the other many ridiculous things he has made ok. He is out of control.
The elders of Uruk urge Gilgamesh to treat his people with fairness and compassion, rather than with arrogance and cruelty. They advise him to uphold justice and protect the people of Uruk from harm.
Gilgamesh ruled the city of Uruk at around 2750 BCE.
The elders of Uruk are generally admiring of Gilgamesh's strength and accomplishments as a warrior and leader. They also express concern about his arrogance and tyrannical behavior towards the people of Uruk.
Gilgamesh shows Urshanabi the walls of Uruk to prove his accomplishments....
URUK
The people of Uruk were angry at Gilgamesh because of his tyrannical rule, where he abused his power, oppressed his people, and was said to have forced young men into labor and taken advantage of women on their wedding nights.
Gilgamesh was a legendary king of Uruk in ancient Mesopotamia, known for his epic adventures and quest for immortality.
AnswerAccording to the Epic of Gilgamesh, he was priest king of the city-state Uruk in the kingdom of Sumer.
Gilgamesh of Uruk
Sumer, Uruk
Gilgamesh was both legendary and a king of Uruk.
People believed in Gilgamesh in ancient Mesopotamia, around the 18th century BCE. He was a legendary king of Uruk, celebrated in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest known works of literature.