Theseus Journey To Become A Hero

The story of Theseus starts off a Theseus wanting to be a hero. Theseus wants to be as great as he cousin, Hercules, a man of great strenght and bravery. Theseus decides that he would set off on a journey and complete some great feats and tasks so that he may gain the rank and or title of being a hero. There are eight steps in most stories to becoming a hero and Theseus completes all eight.

In the begining of Theseus' story, Theseus sets off on a journey to a distant land where he hopes to become a hero. His parents told him to take a boat because the roads where dangerous for travel, but Theseus did not pay attention to their warnings for he thought he would be the one resolve the problem of three bandits whom where killing and mugging travelers.
Therefore he set off, Theseus wandered the roads all the way to the city of Athens. On the way there he killed off each bandit in the manner in which the bandit killed the travelers. To one of them, he kicked off a cliff. To another, he tied his hands to a flexable tree and let it loose. This ripped the bandits arms off. Finally to the last one Theseus placed the bandit onto a steel table and stretched him into he died. When Theseus reached Athens they grated him and threw a banquet in his name thus completing the first two steps to becoming a hero.

As Theseus stayed in Athens it appeared that the Athenians where distrubed because it was the year in which they would have to send 7 youths and 7 maidens to be sacrificed in King Minos' maze where the Minotaur stayed.
Theseus came up with another brillant idea, Theseus proclaimed that he himself should be sent to the Maze, and that he himself would slay the Minotaur. The people of Athens did not know what to say, but Theseus went off and with alittle help of Ariadne, King Mino's daughter, he went off to the Maze. Ariadne told Theseus to attach a string to the door of the maze and make your way through it, if you are to get lost, just retrace your steps with the ball of string. And so Theseus did, Theseus did as Ariadne said and he killed the Minotaur with his bear hands making it out of the maze. Theseus took Aridane with him to Athens and the Athenian's make him king, but a mistake was made on the behalf of Jason. Jason did change the color of the sail and Theseus' father, King Aegeus, killed himself by throwing himself off a cliff and into the the sea. That sea is known as the Aegian sea. Therefore Theseus completed the third, forth and fifth steps to becoming a
hero.

Once Theseus arrived in Athens, he was to be king, Aegeus, his father, killed himself and Theseus was the the hier to be King of Athens.
And so it was, Theseus became King of Athens, but Theseus did not keep his role as a king. Instead Theseus made the Kingdom into a govermmental kingdom where the people could vote on what happened. Theseus ened up keeping the possition of commander in chief. This is how Theseus became a hero, but this is not where the story, nor the steps in becoming a hero ends. Theseus expaned trade, and he also did something more. Theseus ended up helping his cousin, Hercules. Theseus takes Hercules in when Hercules was on the verge of killing himself of killing his own wife and children. Upon doing this, it is thought that Theseus began his downfall. Not only on this event but also on the event of abandoning Ariadne. Theseus' son, made his mother fall in love with him un-willingly and his mother kills herself because his son would not show the same affection to her. Theseus then angerly sends his son off to exile, and Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, informs Theseus that his son was not the reason his wife died. Theseus hastily goes to his son holding him, wishing to take his spot in
death.

As side quests, Theseus' helps his friend try to steal persephony but they both get stuck in the chairs of forgetfulness. And non other than Hercules come to save his cousin Theseus' but Theseus' friend is left there forever. Thus making Theseus' return with the gift of settling down now, for in his old age he shouldn't have been off doing such idiotic things. This occured before his second wife and son died, and before the Athenians exiled him.

In conclusion, Theseus does infact become the hero he wanted to be and he completes all eight steps in becoming a hero. Although Theseus' is a much different hero than the Greeks expected, he was still a great hero whom was the foundation of the great city of Athens.