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Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English
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What characteristic of an epic hero does the excerpt
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At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,
at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.
When the sun was setting, they dug a well,
they filled their waterskins with fresh water,
Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop
Obravery in the face of danger
O willingness to endure a voyage
ability to deliver compelling speeches
tendency to seek supernatural assistance
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Answer: willingness to endure a voyage

Explanation:

The characteristic of an epic hero that the excerpt reveal is the willingness to endure a voyage. It shows the hero had a supernatural strength.

This can be deduced for the excerpt as the hero took three days to complete his journey which ordinarily takes about six weeks for men. It showed the willingness for them to endure the journey. They also dug a well when the sun was setting in.