I'm reading the Epic of Gilgamesh.

[zellia]

So apparently Gilgamesh had this male friend named Enkidu. But Gilgamesh dreamed of Enkidu even before he met him, and was attracted to him "like the love of a woman", and Gilgamesh's mother said she considered Enkidu to be like her adopted son.

yay for gay epic heroes!

I know what they *really* did on that long epic journey...*wicked grin*