Hero Quest (application project)

The Hero Journey of Perseus.

Pitchford, Gareth. "Perseus and the Gorgon Myth Pack". CD-ROM. Primary Extra Online Store. 29 October 2008. http://www.primaryextra.co.uk/shop/index.php.

1. The Call to Adventure: The call to adventure is when the hero is given a task or job to do.

"He stood up before them all and did exactly what the King had hoped he would do, declared that he would give him a present better than any there. He would go off and kill Medusa and bring her head as his gift."

(Picture by me)

2. Companions and Super Natural Guides: Companions are the friends and sidekicks of the hero. Super natural guides are the aide that gives weapons, info, tools ect.

Companions: Danae- "... the winds and waves struck fear into her heart she put her arms, not without tears, 'round Perseus tenderly she said 'O Son, what grief is mine..."

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Dictys- "... a fisherman named Dictys... They had no children and they cared for Danae and Perseus as if they were their own."

Guides: Athena- "But another great deity was at hand to help. Pallas Athena stood beside Perseus. She took off a shield of polished bronze... 'Look into this when you attack... You will be able to see here in it as in a mirror and so avoid her deadly power.'

Unknown Artist. "Athena" Unknown date of publication. Unknown medium. 29 October 2008. http://www.theoi.com/olympios/Athena.html.

Hermes- "... for he would know that this could be none other than Hermes... This radiant personage told him that before he attacked he must first be properlly equipped..."

hermes.mse.jhu.edu:8008/hermesdocs/

3. Initiation: Initiation is leaving behind the familiar and entering a world unknown.

"There were some fearsome monsters called Gorgons... Polydectes evidently talked to Perseus about them; he probably told him that he would rather have the head of one of them than anything else in the world."

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4. Journey: The journey is the trials, tasks, or jobs of the hero.

-"To find the nymphs' abode, they must go to the Gray Women who alone could tell them the way."
- "He was bound, although he did not know it, to the blessed country of the Hyperboreans..."
- "Then he aimed a strike down at Medusa's throat and Athena guided his hand. With a single sweep he cut through her neck..."

http://www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/11314.html.

5. Ultimate Battle: The final battle, or test of the hero.

"He waited beside her untill the great snake came for it's prey; then he cut off it's head... Perseus took Andromeda to her parents and asked for her hand..."

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6. Boon: The Boon is a gift to be shared.

"Then before any could look away he held up the Gorgon's head; and at the sight one and all, the Cruel King and his servile courtiers, were turned into stone."

Photo from http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/graphics.perseus. (edited by me)

7. Transformation: Transformation is when the hero is altered someway in the final battle.

8. Death/Rebirth: Death and Rebirth is out with the old and in with the new.

9. Boon: Founder of Something New: The gift is shared with other people.

"He made Dictys king of the island... "

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