All day they wrestle, the two man-mountains locked in battle.

They strain and grunt and twist and throw each other, but they seem evenly matched. Hour after hour, none of the watching crowd can tell which man is truly the strongest. Enkidu is heavier, with more muscle, and lightly shorter, but he is mostly used to wrestling lions and bulls on grass or sand. Gilgamesh, on the other hand, is an expert at fighting people. And finally, as night time drew on, Gilgamesh gained a slight advantage...

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