Perseus faced a lot of problems in this story. One of his affair was that he had too much confidence and he was cocky. When he had medusa's head he gained a lot of confidence that he can do whatever he wanted with the head. In the story after Perseus got medusa's head he tried to use it on Atlas. Atlas was one of the original titans he is the titan that held the earth in place.…
This essay will be going over how the three Greek mythological hero’s Perseus, Hercules, and Theseus can be compared to the modern T.V. show hero Arrow, also known as Oliver Queen. This comparison can be done using the three main stages of the hero’s journey model invented by Joseph Campbell, which are the hero’s separation from their normal environment, the struggles the hero faces, and the hero’s return. The comparisons in this essay will be the separation of Oliver Queen compared to the separation of Perseus, the struggles that face Oliver Queen compared to the twelve labours of Hercules, and lastly, the return of Oliver Queen as The Arrow compared to the return of Theseus to Athens. The hero’s model will help make a very good comparison…
Archetypes in Perseus -Situational Archetype: The Quest I believe that the quest archetype fits well in the Perseus myth. Perseus goes to slay medusa for her head or the talisman used to restore peace in his home. He used it to turn the people who wanted to marry her mom to Polydectus against her will ruled the land in an unfairly manner. He saved his mother from the king and brought back peace to the land.…
Odysseus clearly demonstrates the values important to Greek culture. For instance, cleverness is one of the characteristics he is most known for, outsmarting the cyclops is a great demonstration of cleverness;…
He has a high level of intellect and has an abundance of courage. His intellect is shown as he is fighting the giant and courage when he enters Circe’s halls for the first time. He has flaws as well, he is overly egotistic and is sometimes overconfident. His ego is shown to harm him as he is escaping the giant and his over confidence got six of his best men killed when passing Scylla. These traits make up a hero because it gives the hero a fantastic trait, but a major flaw to let the reader relate with them.…
In “The Odyssey”, Odysseus’s hubris is an advantage because it tricks individuals into viewing the almighty epic hero as more of an iconic and courageous figure. When Odysseus and his crew, cleverly fight off and get past the horrendous cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus bravely taunts the beast to make sure he knows never to attack him or his crew again. In fury, Polyphemus pounds out to Odysseus’s boat, forcing Odysseus to get the “longest boat hook out” and begin “fending off” his crew (95-96). This act of fearlessness shows Odysseus’s crew that he’s willing to protect them for the future, even if that means sacrificing his own safety. Any other person would’ve taken that get out of jail free card, and quickly got off the island, waiting like bait for Polyphemus to strike again.…
He killed a lion with his bare hands, brought a boar alive back to King Eurystheus, and brought justice to a cruel barbaric king who fed human beings to his horses. These are just three of the amazing feats that this Greek hero accomplished. He was born of Zeus and a mortal woman. Hera tried to kill him twice, but it didn’t work out, even though he was driven insane and killed his wife and children. He worked for King Eurystheus for twelve years and was a great warrior.…
What makes a hero? There is many qualities that a hero has and in The Odyssey, Odysseus acts like a modern day hero. Odysseus could be considered a modern day hero because he never gives up, he is loyal, and is smart. One way that Odysseus can be considered a modern day hero is that he never gives up.…
I disagree Odysseus is not a hero using modern day standards because a modern day hero will nerve put his partner/teammate in any harm at any cost,Modern day hero's help one another in need, have each other's back when they needed it and they always helped them when i'm harm but never ever put them in harm's way. Odysseus on the other hand use his men as bate, they all risked there live's for him no matter what the risk was. Odysseus never thought to think what will i tell there family, what would i say at there funeral if they had one for his men. Odysseus only thought about him self and no one else, and did he feel regret when he killed his own men. Odysseus and Modern hero's are nothing alike at all Modern hero's save and protect there…
Many stories, told many different cultures, are always open to being told in many different ways; this can prove true even if the story is being told by a hollywood movie. In the 2010 movie Clash of the Titans, we are taken on a journey through ancient Greece where the demigod Perseus is trying to take revenge on a god, who had slain his family right in front of him. Perseus travels to in search of a way to stop this god and all of his evil plans from coming to fruition. Though hollywood can provide its own telling of the great myth of perseus, the movie is almost completely different from the myth it is trying to portray with only a small amount of similarities. To begin, let the similarities get themselves out of the way.…
In the times of Greek mythology and epic hero writing, were epic heroes all the same?From the Greek epics The Odyssey by Homer and Perseus by Edith Hamilton, the reader can find out. In The Odyssey, epic hero Odysseus faces many challenges and must use larger than life strength and courage on his odyssey home to his family in Ithaca after the Trojan War. Perseus is a story about the demigod Perseus who goes on a journey, with the help of god Hermes and goddess Athena, in order to kill the Gorgon Medusa, proving himself and saving the woman he loves in the process. Odysseus and Perseus have many differences, such as their source of motivation and what they relied on to complete their journey, but they are still similar in that they both are determined enough to complete the task at hand.…
He values himself over anything else, especially his own crew. They were willing to fight and die for him but he had the nerve to call them “mutinous fools”. He called them this because they ate some cow from Helios’ land after going through everything they had gone through. When he knew that his crew was going to die for it, he didn’t do anything about it. He could have easily paid homage to the gods to try to get forgiveness…
In The Odyssey, Odysseus has been separated from his family due to the Trojan War, and wishes to return. His son, now a grown man, is ruling his land and trying to stop suitors from marrying his mother and gaining power of the kingdom. “First by far to see her was Prince Telemachus, sitting among the suitors, heart obsessed with grief..” (Homer., Fagles, and Knox 81). Throughout the story, Odysseus encounters many situations. The last, and most famous, situation he was in was when he went in disguise into his own home, where his mother was going to marry whoever could shoot Odysseus’ old bow and arrow through 12 axes.…
Honor and leadership lead to bravery. This is portrayed into two of the greatest myths ever “Perseus” and “Theseus”. Perseus is the great son of the Olympian Zeus and Danae, the daughter of the king of Argos. Perseus is famous for his slaying of the most ferocious monsters, known as Medusa, and Cetus, the sea monster of Poseidon. Theseus is the son of Aegeus, best known for helping the region of Athens and the Athenian power through politics.…
Throughout human history, recurring stories and themes pop up around the world, crossing borders of both language and culture. Though they can vary from tales of a great flood to how the world came to be, the most common and easily-identifiable is the Hero’s Journey. Outlined by Joseph Campbell, the Hero’s Journey is the story of a great person travelling to a strange, otherworldly place (literal or metaphorical,) facing a fearsome enemy, and returning to the “normal” world having gained wisdom and experience. The most famous of these tales, like The Odyssey or the Epic of Gilgamesh, have masculine heroes, defined by traits like bravery, strength, or fearlessness. However, two famous stories of a descent into a literal and metaphorical underworld…