1. Ordinary World:
Hercules: Hercules ordinary world is he grew up with like any other child except for he is an attractive and popular local hero, but nothing extraordinary as of yet.
Theseus: When Theseus was young, he didn’t have any special-ness about him except a famous father, but it didn’t necessarily affect him.
2. Call to Adventure:
Hercules– Hercules comes across Minyans (people who invaded Thebes) and kills them, the King of Thebes is proud, and Hercules marries his daughter, Megara. Hercules is already on an adventure, but this will be destroyed soon enough.
Theseus- His mother tells him he must join his father in Athens and must take the sword and sandals from under a rock.
3. Refusal:
Hercules- Hera hates Hercules and decides to pay him back for even living. She makes Hercules insane and he kills his children and wife. He refuses his hero quality (in my opinion) from doing this.
Theseus- He doesn’t refuse, he actually decides to go.
4. Meeting with the Mentor:
Hercules- Goes to the Oracle of Delphi and she tells him that she can atone for his sins by serving the King Eurystheus.
Theseus- His mentor, at most, could be his mother.
5. Crossing the Threshhold:
Hercules- Goes the the King to atone for what he has done, King gives him 10 labors that he must complete.
Theseus- He lifts the rock and takes the sword and sandals.
6. Tests, Allies and Enemies:
Hercules– Hercules does 9 of the labors easily with the help of friends as well.
Theseus- He wants to prove himself so he walks to Athens
7. Approach to Inmost Cave:
Hercules- Hercules does the last labor that is near the edge of the world, and many were scared to go but Hercules does it easily.
Theseus- His step mother convinces his father that he’s a threat and because of this his father (unknowing that this is his son) sends him to fight a Bull.
8. Ordeal:
Hercules– Apparently, Hercules didn’t do 2 of the labors correctly so he is sent out to do two more, even though they are difficult, he succedds.
Theseus- He conquers the giant bull and returns to Athens.
9. Reward:
Hercules– He is atoned for his crimes (killing his family). His guilt is gone.
Theseus– He is loved by all for this.
10. The Road Back:
Hercules: Nothing really happens for Hercules on his road back, except he achieves glory and is guilt free and is honored even more so.
Theseus– Reveals himself to his father, but his wine is poisoned by his step mother and father.
11. Resurrection/ 12. Elixir:
Hercules is made immortal and becomes a God eventually. The myth is different with each story, but in the end he is immortal.
Theseus lives!
Hum 115: World Mythology 
Herakles and Theseus were just two completely different people whose paths crossed in a very interesting way. I like the different aspects you talked about on the hero’s journey, we chose some different examples but I like the translation you gave.
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yeah there are so many different myths for these heroes so it was very difficult to discuss these heroes even after reading the chapters on them.
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It is interesting how we seem to “know” Hercules as far as being one of the (if not the) most popular of the Greek Myths, however the stories I have known have been severely sanitized. I always thought of Hercules as this unstoppable force akin so Superman. I thought he was like Kal-El that always did what he thought was the right thing. I was never fed the whole killing his family aspect of any of the tales that I heard. When I watched the YouTube video about the journey a thousand heroes flooded my mind, one in particular. I thought of Gary King from At World’s End. He is a person who is stuck in the past and is trying to relive it by completing a pub crawl with his old friends that he hasn’t seen in years. They have all grown up, though Gary has remained mentally a young man that thinks that “having a good time” is still the most important thing. There are plenty of twists and turns and an upgraded status quo at the end.
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The one main movie that stands out to me with your title and the subject matter is “Wreck it Ralph”. That movie and “Hero’s Duty” are practically the same as the outline set before us with Campbell. What do you think?
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I really liked how you formatted your post! It was very easy to read and interesting! I find it fascinating how its known and agreed on that all hero stories follow the 12 steps but they can be interpreted differently.
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