Perseus Comparison

Perseus an important character in Greek mythology because he shows many traits valued by Greek culture.What is exactly a hero in ancient Greek mythology and culture, and what role does fate play in myths? A hero is one extraordinary individual who represents the values greatly admired and sought after in ancient Greek society. Perseus showed the epic traits of ;family,perseverance,and couragesness. These were all very valued in ancient Greek culture. I will be; summarizing Perseus' story, how he demonstrates the values of ancient Greek society, and explaining his cultural significance and how fate plays a big role.

My original thought when comparing Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief the movie and Classical mythology was that there would be many more references to the myth of Perceus than any other myth throughout the movie in its entirety. That’s where I was wrong. After watching the movie again and researching the different hero myths my opinion has changed. My new thoughts are that the movie is not influenced by the myth of Perceus any more than other hero myths. The movie ties together many different heroes’ stories and mixes them together to make a wonderful story about a young boy. The movie was based on a book series written by Rick Riordan.

Perseus commences the quest ignorant to the perils and tribulations that lie ahead. Luckily, Hermes and Pallas Athena decide to

Hades as the shadow, who represents the bad guy, and tries to defeat the hero and prevent him to achieve his goal, appears and massacred the soldiers. While he destroyed them, he also destroyed the fishing boat which led Perseus' family to death. Perseus tries to save his family, but with no success. That event took his life out of balance and led him to his journey, chasing Hades to avenge his family's death.

In both the stories the main characters of Percy and Perseus really start to show their true colors on their quest. Both characters are Prodigies in there Hero types and act the same. One is just modernized as a teen from New York who travels the U.S with his friends. On the other hand, Perseus is a courageous son of Zeus who goes on a quest along to fight Medusa. For Percy he shows his true Prodigy Archetype when he gets to Camp Half-Blood. There, he was able to reveal his true ability to control water and use it in combat and healing (Percy Camp Half-Blood). For Perseus he know right from the start he is a prodigy of something great and uses his power to great things. “In his humble hut Perseus grew into a fine valiant youth, proud of being the son of Zeus and the Beautiful Danae.” (Perseus 6) Also, in both stories not only were Percy and Perseus Prodigy’s, but Perfect hero’s as well. Both heros grow up in a less than stellar place but still become perfect heros and go onto do there remarkable quest’s. For Percy, he grew up with Gabe Ugliano in his small New York apartment, where Gabe routinely miss treated him and his Mother. Which actually is the same in Perseus. Perseus grew up on a small Island in a humble hut, but after Perseus and his Mother got away from the King he ended up coming back. “The King pursued her and would have carried her off by force if Perseus had not protected her.” (Perseus 6) The resemblance is extremely close and that resemblance help the characters later on to be better people and become there “Perfect Hero” Archetype. In these stories the Hero theme is the same but that’s about the only theme that can be compared in these two very differently themed

A Hero And His Journey To Victory Heroes are born by following a journey that leads them to greatness. They are people that can persevere through their struggles and make it out even stronger. Perseus from the story Perseus and Medusa followed his own path into becoming a hero. This young boy makes a plan to capture Medusa’s head to show his strength and give a gift to the king Polydectes. Through his journey, Perseus mirrors Joseph Campbell’s monomyth by following his own hero quest.

The biggest similarity between Chapter 15 and Clash of the Titans is that Perseus killed a sea-monster. In Chapter 15 and in the movie, a sea-monster (kraken in the movie) was killed in order to save a girl. In both, the girl that was being saved was a princess, and that princess was being used as a sacrifice by the people. Also Perseus’s wasn't being told by anybody to save the princess, he did it by himself. In the end, in both the book and movie Perseus rescuing did not fail and both of the princesses were saved.

erica’s obsession with Greek and Roman culture has been around for centuries. Buildings like the Capitol, the White House, and even the Lincoln Memorial were designed with the intended purpose of portraying the intimidating architecture of Ancient Greece. In fashion, elaborate clothing crafted by designers imitate early Greek attire to display a regal femininity or a warrior-like masculinity. For entertainment purposes, books, television shows, and movies are used to carry on the myths and stories of the Greek gods and Heroes. Depending on each myth, the story could have been compromised from the act of being passed down from generation to generation. In the original myth of Perseus, multiple archetypes were used and provided stereotypical roles in the myth. However, the modern day Clash of the Titans movie portrayed the myth in a completely different context, added or removed new characters and even changed the archetype of the characters, thus changing the meaning of the story.

Zeus’ different roles in the two stories lead to his contrasting personality traits, as both authors try to find reasons for the audience to sympathize with the tale’s main character, they have to inevitably change Zeus’ character

The last big difference i saw was the scene with the Lotus Eaters. In the book, Odysseus and his men went to an island with Lotus Eaters while in the movie, the lotus blossoms were given by Circe. This made him and his men stay longer with Circe for five years. They had thought it had only been a couple days but Circe made it seem like that, so they wouldn't leave. That is also different from the book because in the book, Odysseus and his men only stayed with Circe for a year, not five years.

Botshon, Lisa and Melinda Plastas. "Homeland In/Security: A Discussion and Workshop on Teaching Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis." Feminist Teacher, vol. 20, no. 1, Oct. 2009, pp. 1-14. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=fyh&AN=48132639&site=ehost-live&scope=site.This article “Homeland In/Security: A Discussion and Workshop on Teaching Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis “ wrote by Botshon presented the significant of teaching Persepolis in the U.S. after the 9/11 terrorist event. Moreover, it is stated that one of the considerable difficulties of educating in the post– 9/11 United States is battling with balanced simplifications and deception about Islam, "Middle Easterners," "Middle Easterner Americans,"

First, Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. Perseus was sent on a quest to cut Medusas head off. On the way back from Medusas home, Perseus saw a beautiful woman that was on a ledge waiting to be ate by a monster. He then swept down and saved her. She was the daughter of the King and Queen. As they came and met Perseus, they thanked him for saving their daughter.

A wise man once proclaimed,”The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” When the topic of conflict arises, we face ourselves with the end results and overall lesson learned as well. In the myth of Perseus, he faces conflict in his adolescence, and due to his trials we learn of courage.

Also, I like the fact that he is half god and half human. I will tell you the story of Perseus from birth to death. A long time ago there was a king named Acrisius. One day he went to the Oracle of Apollo and it told him that he was going to be killed by his grandson, so he locked up his daughter Danae in a tower so that she will not have any children whatsoever.

Although both films focus on the Greek myth of Perseus, their plots show a very distinctive disparity to each other.