a legendary king of the Sumerian city state of Uruk who is supposed to have ruled sometime during the first half of the 3rd millennium BC. He is the hero of the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, which recounts his exploits in an ultimately unsuccessful quest for immortality.
吉尔伽美什(传说中苏美尔城邦乌鲁克的国王,据说在公元前第三个千年前半期的某一时期中曾经为王,是巴比伦史诗《吉尔伽美什》中的主人公,诗中描述他为求长生不老所建的种种业绩,但终究未能如愿)。