The stories of the Flood in the epic of Gilgamesh and the Ancient Greek flooding myth my appear to be very different because they are from different cultures but in some people's perspective they are very similar. In "The Epic of Gilgamesh", Gilgamesh travels across oceans to find one man and his name is Utnapishtim. The reason that Gilgamesh wants to find Utnapishtim is because Utnapishtim is immortal and Gilgamesh wants to be immortal. The reason why Utnapishtim is immortal is because he was told by the gods to build a boat because he they were going to flood the entire Earth. So Utnapishtim takes his wife and builds a boat so the gods flood the entire Earth. The flood lasted for 6 days and 6 nights and when the flood stopped Utnapishtim sent out a bird and when it returned with a stick that meant that all of the water had gone away. In the Greek version of the flooding the gods warn a man named Deucalion and so he can take his wife Pyrrha onto the boat with him. The gods flood the world in the Greek version because the entire world has become corrupt except for Deucalion and Pyrrha. In "The Epic of Gilgamesh" the gods decide to flood the Earth because everyone is being to loud. So in many ways both of these stories are the same but also different.
Source: http://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/deucalion-myth-great-flood-greece-00259
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