entity_sources: ENT_MES_GILGAMESH, SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV, scholarly attestation
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
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| ENT_MES_GILGAMESH | SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV | scholarly attestation | Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Gilgamesh as a structural parallel to Heracles; the two-thirds divine / one-third human hero with a divine companion, monster-slaying labors, and a quest for immortality; Burkert documents the ways Gilgamesh material entered Greek heroic tradition via the Orientalizing period |