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the story of Perseus and Clash of the Titans. The underlying story line in the story of Perseus and Clash of the Titans is very similar. Perseus goes on a dauntless adventure to save a woman in both stories. In the movie, when Hades appears in King Acrisius’ palace he threatens to release the Kraken unless he sacrifices Princess Andromeda. Danae, Perseus’ mother, is forced to marry the King, in the story,…

The 12 Stages of the Archetypal Hero’s Journey, How They Relate to the Stories of Jason and Perseus Jason’s Story 1. Ordinary World – In the beginning, Jason is introduced to us as a man “shod with only a single sandal”, when he returns to his rightful kingdom. 2. Call to Adventure – When Jason pursues Pelias to release the “sovereign sceptre and the throne” to him, Pelias replies that if Jason first goes on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece, the kingdom will be his. 3. Refusal of the…

The first thing you might imagine when you hear the name Medusa is most likely along the lines of “the woman with snakes for hair and you’ll turn to stone if you look at her face”. Yes, that is true but that’s not all of it, there’s a whole lot more to her story than what meets the eye. When looking for a myth for this essay, I recalled that Medusa was a part of Greek mythology that I curious about ever since I watched ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, which is where I was…

The Hero’s Journey in Mythology In 1949, American scholar Joseph Campbell introduced the concept of the hero’s journey, also known as monomyth, in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The concept proposes the pattern continuously seen within heroic stories, where Campbell concludes that all tell the same story in various forms. The pattern follows the protagonist through evolutions of the character, allowing readers to experience the hero evolve from living an ordinary life to emerging…

about Perseus starts when King Acrisius throws Danae and Perseus into a trunk and into the ocean, then Zeus leads the two to Dictys’ boat where he saves the two, he then marries Danae and raises Perseus, King Polydectes wants to marry Danae and sends Perseus to kill medusa, on the way back Perseus saves Princess Andromeda whom he marries, King Polydectes turns to stone when he looks at Medusas head, during there honeymoon Perseus kills his grandfather King Acrisius while competing in discus, and…

Danaë, like Antigone, is of royal birth, being the daughter of King Acrisius. The two also share the similar fate of being locked away with Danaë being locked in a tower by her father and Antigone being locked away in a stone vault by Creon. The chorus even informs Antigone of these similarities proclaiming, “Danaë, Danaë—even…

embarks on a seemingly impossible mission to capture the head of the menacing Medusa. Perseus is not just another mortal though, he is the son of the great god Zeus and of the beautiful princess Danae, who was the only daughter of King Acrisius of Argos. King Acrisius wanted a son but the gods told him that he would never have a son that Danae will have a son that would kill him. To avoid this fate without angering the gods by killing Danae he locks her up in a brass tower with no doors that he…

that has been cast out from his life of luxury and into this world of discomfort. Let’s start off by taking a look at Acrisius, Perseus’s grandfather. He is the one who originally cast Perseus out of the first class. In the story it was due to the words of a prophet, but that could represent someone spreading rumors and/or lies of Perseus. These words from the prophet caused Acrisius to be “very much afraid” (1). This is only Perseus being cast from the first class, though. Polydectes…

Hera after winning the dispute with Poseidon over the land and it is said that the god later, in revenge, dried up all remaining springs and left the land completely dry. It was also the birthplace of Perseus, a son of Zeus and Danae, a daughter of Acrisius, a king of Argos, and the home city of Diomedes, a Trojan war hero, according to…

Greek Mythology gave a reason behind everything that the Greeks could see, feel, and what they had to do to survive. The Gods and Goddesses gave them a feeling of protection from the things they didn’t understand. They gave the mortals someone to believe no matter what the situation was. Myths gave a reason and story behind the things around them, and why the things were the way were. The ancient Greeks believed that in the beginning there was only Chaos, but out of the empty void, Erebus,…