Theseus’s Journey

By: Sam Chase, Katharine Thibodeau, Carly Fagan, and

Matt Lloyd

Original World

• Theseus grew up, raising himself without a father.

“Theseus grew up to be strong, able, courageous,intelligent and wise”.

Call to AdventureTheseus’s mother brought him to his father’s rock, where he was called to begin his journey.

Acceptance of the call

Theseus accepted the call for adventure.

Supernatural Aid/Amulets

•Theseus got his father’s sword he found at the rock.

•Theseus also got his father’s winged sandals he found at the rock.

Crossing the Threshold/ Gatekeeper’s Test

When Theseus first traveled into Athens.

Tests and Ordeals

• On Theseus’s journey to Athens he encountered:

1-robber-club carrier2-cinus-pine bender3-wild, huge sow4-Sceiron-scheming robber5-King Ceryon6-stretcher• Theseus was able to beat all of these evil

people.

“The land route sheltered such a

frightening collection of robbers

and murderers that noman dared to rule

them”.

Belly of the Whale

When Theseus first encountered his father.

Atonement with Father

•Theseus had to prove who his father was during dinner.

•He used Aegeus’s sword he got at the rock, and the ring of Mino’s.

Meeting with the Goddess or Woman as Temptress

• Theseus met a goddess, Adriane.She helped him conquer the

Minotaur by giving him a ball of thread that they attached to the door.

Refusal Of Return or Magic Flight or Rescue from Without

Wanted to come home

Crossing the Return ThresholdCame home on a boat.

“Because Theseus was so confidentthat he would kill the Minotaur,Aegus gave the captain of the ship a white sail to be hoisted in place of the black one upon the return voyage if Theseus’s mission were successful”.

Apotheosis

He took his dads place as king

Ultimate Boon/Elixir

He became the hero and the king.