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The Monomyth Hero’s Journey of Perseus. By: Tim Real, Raymond Zhu, Sean Mooney, and Basant Doss. Call to Adventure. Acrisius imprisoned his daughter to prevent her from getting married and having a child.
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The Monomyth Hero’s Journey of Perseus By: Tim Real, Raymond Zhu, Sean Mooney, and Basant Doss
Call to Adventure • Acrisius imprisoned his daughter to prevent her from getting married and having a child. • Zeus transformed himself into a liquid stream of gold, and fell from the ceiling of the room where she was hidden. • Dana was able to give birth to Perseus with Zeus’s help.
Acceptance of the Call • Perseus accepted King Polydects’s call. • He agreed to go fight/kill Medusa and bring him her head. • “..I command you to bring me the served head of the Gorgon Medusa…if you can.” (pg. 200).
Crossing the Threshold/Gatekeeper’s Test • Perseus took a boat to get to his destination.
Supernatural Aid/Amulets • While on the way to his journey, Athena told him what he would do in order to kill Medusa. ---First he would need to find the three sisters of the Gorgons and make them reveal the location of certain nymphs who had equipment he would need if he were to sever Medusa’s head. (pg. 202). • Three sisters loaned him a pair of winged sandals, a leather bag, and Hades’ helmet of invisibility. • Hermes loaned him a strong, sharp, sickle-shaped sword.
Belly of the Whale • Perseus tricked the three sisters, he removed the eye and tooth they shared. They three became blind . • When Perseus said that he would not return their eye until they told him the way to the nymphs, they realized that they no longer had a choice. (pg. 203).
Apotheosis • Perseus realizes that killing Medusa was his responsibility, and is the only way to please the king. • Also, to show that he is brave.
Ultimate Boon/Elixir • ..With Athena’s hand upon his wrest and his own head turned aside to face the image upon his shield, Perseus beheaded the mortal Gorgon with one slice of his sharp sickle. Then, grasping the served head by the snaky hair…(pg. 204).
Meeting with Woman as Temptress • Andromeda • Perseus was flying over Ethiopia when he noticed a maiden chained to a rock by the sea. She was so beautiful…he was dismayed to see her anguished face washed by real tears and delighted with this proof of her mortality. (pg. 205).
Tests and Ordeals • Perseus kills the sea monster to save Andromeda by fighting him from the air. Then he landed on his (the monster’s) back and placed the sword in it.
The Return • Perseus returned to the island of Seriphus and showed everyone in the palace including the King Medusa’s head. • Everyone who looked at it turned into statues.
Atonement with Father • When Perseus threw the discus down the athletic field in Larissa, suddenly it changed direction and headed into the spectator area, were it struck King Acrisius and killed him. • Perseus was sad.
Crossing the Return Threshold • Perseus refused to return to Argos because he was ashamed to tell the kingdom that he killed his grandfather. • Went to his mother’s cousin in Tiryns were he was welcomed.
Master of Two Worlds/Freedom to Live • Perseus exchanged kingdoms with his mother’s cousin. (pg. 208). • Founded a well-known a line of kings, eventually becoming the great-grandfather of the hero Heracles. (pg. 208).
