How does Stephanie Dalley use imagery in Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others?

Imagery:

"He was superior to other kings, a warrior lord of great stature, a hero born of Uruk, a goring wild bull. He marches at the front as leader, he goes behind, the support of his brothers, a strong net, the protection of his men, the raging flood-wave, which can destroy even a stone wall. Son of Lugalbanda, Gilgamesh, perfect in strength, son of the lofty cow, the wild cow Ninsun. He is Gilgamesh, perfect in splendor, who opened up passes in the mountains, who could dig pits even in the mountainside, who crossed the ocean, the broad seas, as far as the sunrise. Who inspected the edges of the world, kept searching for eternal life, who reached Ut-napishtim the far-distant by force. Who restored to their rightful place cult centres which the flood had ruined. There is nobody among the kings of teeming humanity who can compare with him, who can say 'I am king' beside Gilgamesh.