Journey of the Hero
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JOURNEY OF THE HEROSeparationInitiationReturn
Perseus Separation – Banished
from Argos with his mother Danae. Also sent from Seriphus by a king who wants to marry Danae.
Initiation – Fools the three sisters, kills Medusa.
Return – Finds and saves Andromeda. Kills her suiter at his wedding.
Heracles Separation – As the servant of King
Eurystheus of Argos he was sent to perform twelve impossible tasks.
Initiation – The Twelve Labors. Return – He is killed accidentally by his
wife and is united with his father, Zeus, on Mount Olympus.
Twelve Labors of Heracles
Theseus Separation – Leaves
Troezen to seek his father in Athens.
Initiation – Chooses to travel by land so as to encounter robbers and bandits.
Arrives in Athens – Is almost poisoned by Aegeus.
Separation – Leaves to fight the Minotaur.
Initiation – Minotaur Dead
Return – Has a sad reuntion.