Perseus and the heroes journey

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Perseus, the Traditional Hero of the Greek
Perseus was a legend among the Greek, and his life journey was an amazing one. This paper, therefore, discusses the journey of Perseus as a traditional Greek hero; his accomplishments and how his reign was brought to an end. The journey started from his ordinary life, call to adventure, his assistance, how he entered the unknown, the trials, crisis, treasure and the return to the new life.
Perseus mother was called Danae, the daughter of Acrisius. Perseus was conceived after Zeus got her mother pregnant in the form of a golden shower. Perseus was the father of Electryon. Perseus is a significant hero from the mythology of the Greek who is famous for his smart act of executing Medusa, the ogre with the ability to convert into stone all the faces that saw her face. This paper, therefore, discusses the journey of Perseus as a traditional Greek hero; his accomplishments and how his reign was brought to an end.
Polydectes, who had an attempt of wooing Danae, thought Perseus an irritation and sent him on an impossible quest; bringing back Medusa’s head. Perseus operated successfully without being converted into stone, using a polished shield for a mirror and of course, with the assistance of Hermes and Athena (Hopkins p.344). He wrapped up the severed head in a wallet or sack.
During one of his travels, Perseus fell in love with a damsel called Andromeda who was lucrative for the boasts of her family by the exposure to the monster.

Perseus concurred to the killing only if Andromeda would marry him, which of course was tagged along predictable obstacles to subdue.
When he reached home, he handed in the ultimate prize to Polydectes who turned to stone after receiving the head of Medusa (p.346). The close of the Medusa head came when Perseus decided to surrender this powerful weapon to Athena, who set it in her shield’s focus. This shows his return to the new life.
Guilty of having murdered his grandfather, he fled away from his stead and form a deal which later saw him exchange kingdoms with Megapenthes of Tiryns. As the new leader of Tiryns, he discovered Mycenae, the nearby city found in the Argolis, Peloponnese.
Perseus was put to death by his half-brother, Megapenthes who was the son of Proteus. Upon his death, he was made immortal and placed amidst the stars (p.348). Until date, Perseus is a term of a constellation in the northern sky. Besides, all his descendants are referred to as the Perseids while the sons of Andromeda, Perses, also forms part of meteor shower derived from the constellation of Perseus.
Works Cited
Hopkins, Clark. “Assyrian elements in the Perseus-Gorgon story.” American Journal of Archaeology 38.3 (1934): 341-358.