If you pay attention to the hero stories you or watch you will notice that each one follows an epic hero cycle. An epic hero cycle is the 12 steps that every hero goes through. After watching Hercules and reading the story of Perseus I was able to identify the 12 steps of each hero.There are few similarities between each hero's cycle however, I saw many differences as well. In greek mythology Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of olympian gods, everyone looked up to him for his power. Both Hercules and Perseus were lucky enough to be the sons of Zeus. When both Perseus and Hercules were called to action, the townsmen in both stories didn't believe that they could handle such a big task. When Perseus was told what he had to do by