Theseus: An Epic Hero
Theseus
Heroes are courageous, respectable people who are not selfish. Edith Hamilton talked Greek mythology heroes in the book Mythology. In that book, one of the true heroes was Theseus. Like many heroes Theseus went on a quest and killed a monster and people respected for his braveness. Also, like other heroes he had a tragic death. For these reasons Theseus was definitely a epic hero.
Theseus was born with high expectations. Theseus is a epic hero because of his quest when he got sent to kill the minotaur. The minoans lived on the island of Crete. One day Prince Theseus was tired of the Minotaur so he set off to kill him. His father begged him not to go but he went anyways. The boat had two sails, a white sail to signify that he …show more content…
When he was coming back from the island of Crete he had forgot to change the flag. When he had landed, his father had killed himself. Theseus stayed strong and took realm. His next adventure of a restless Theseus was going to get him in trouble and endanger his kingdom. He fell in love with the queens sister Antigone and took her. She bared his first son Hippolytus. The amazon army did not hesitate to launch and an attack and killed Antigone in the battlefield. After the death of his first wife Theseus remarried with Phaedra, the sister of Ariadne. Phaedra, a woman that was going to have a tragic fate, gave Theseus two sons Demophone and Acamas. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson. When Hippolytus rejected her offer she committed suicide from her despair. However she left a note behind saying that Hippolytus had raped and dishonored her, which is why she committed suicide. Theseus was infuriated and prayed to the gods that they punish Hippolytus. They responded and Posiedon sent a monster to scare the horses on Hippolytus’s chariot. The horses went mad and over turned the chariot on Hippolytus. Theseus, in the meanwhile had found out that it was all a lie by Phaedra. He went to save his son but it was too late. Theseus was losing popularity and exiled himself to the island of Skyros. The king there thought Theseus would want to take realm. So he took him to a cliff and murdered
Heroes are courageous, respectable people who are not selfish. Edith Hamilton talked Greek mythology heroes in the book Mythology. In that book, one of the true heroes was Theseus. Like many heroes Theseus went on a quest and killed a monster and people respected for his braveness. Also, like other heroes he had a tragic death. For these reasons Theseus was definitely a epic hero.
Theseus was born with high expectations. Theseus is a epic hero because of his quest when he got sent to kill the minotaur. The minoans lived on the island of Crete. One day Prince Theseus was tired of the Minotaur so he set off to kill him. His father begged him not to go but he went anyways. The boat had two sails, a white sail to signify that he …show more content…
When he was coming back from the island of Crete he had forgot to change the flag. When he had landed, his father had killed himself. Theseus stayed strong and took realm. His next adventure of a restless Theseus was going to get him in trouble and endanger his kingdom. He fell in love with the queens sister Antigone and took her. She bared his first son Hippolytus. The amazon army did not hesitate to launch and an attack and killed Antigone in the battlefield. After the death of his first wife Theseus remarried with Phaedra, the sister of Ariadne. Phaedra, a woman that was going to have a tragic fate, gave Theseus two sons Demophone and Acamas. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson. When Hippolytus rejected her offer she committed suicide from her despair. However she left a note behind saying that Hippolytus had raped and dishonored her, which is why she committed suicide. Theseus was infuriated and prayed to the gods that they punish Hippolytus. They responded and Posiedon sent a monster to scare the horses on Hippolytus’s chariot. The horses went mad and over turned the chariot on Hippolytus. Theseus, in the meanwhile had found out that it was all a lie by Phaedra. He went to save his son but it was too late. Theseus was losing popularity and exiled himself to the island of Skyros. The king there thought Theseus would want to take realm. So he took him to a cliff and murdered