Gilgamesh, n.Definitions

Gilgamesh (n.) dives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the sea-floor for the herb of immortality and a serpent steals it on the way home — the fish slips back into the sea.

Gilgamesh (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the arriviste par excellence: when the gods send Enkidu to bring him down, he cleverly makes him a friend — and things go worse than ever.