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Traits Of The Hero     Hercules     Theseus     Jason
Birth/Childhood     •     Son of Zeus and his mortal mother, Alcmene.
•     Brother is Iphicles.
•     Hera was constantly trying to kill him.     •     Son of the Athenian King, Aegeus.
•     Spent his childhood with his mother in southern Greece.
    •     Supposedly lived generation earlier.
•     Son of king Aeson.

Character Flaws     •     Loses control of himself when angry.
•     Mixed personalities
    •     Forgot to raise the white flag when he traveled home from Crete so his father thought he was dead and he killed himself.
•     Forgetfulness    
Journey/Quest     •     To complete the 12 labors in order to repent for killing his family and others assigned to him by Eurystheus.
•     Accompanied Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.     •     He traveled to Crete to be one of the sacrifices but he meant to kill the Minotaur.
•     Succeeded by strangling the beast.
•     Also accompanied Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.     •     To get the Golden Fleece back from Colchis and King Aetes.
Tests/Trials     The Twelve Labors:
•     The Nemean Lion
•     Lernean Hydra
•     Cerynitian Hind
•     Erymanthian Boar
•     Stables of Augeas
•     Stymphalian Birds
•     Cretan Bulls
•     Mares of Diomedes
•     Belt of Hippolyte
•     Cattle of Geryon
•     Apples of Hesperides
•     The Hound of Hades.     •     Being able to roll away the boulder to get to the sword and sandals.
•     Dealing judgment to the bandits who harmed people traveling by the road.     •     Get through the Clashing Rocks.
•     King Aetes made Jason face bronze feet, fi...

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Submitted by: mtbking
Category: English
Words: 321
Pages: 1.28