What triggers Theseus's Call to Adventure?

• A. He is invited to join a peaceful voyage
• B. He is informed of Athenian children being sacrificed to the Minotaur and volunteers to go
• C. He discovers treasure on a journey
• D. He is banished from Athens

Answer: (B)

The Call to Adventure is sparked by a pressing danger that pulls the hero from the ordinary world into a bold quest. For Theseus, the trigger is hearing that Athenian youths are being sacrificed to the Minotaur and volunteering to go in to end that threat. This moment signals his duty to confront a formidable danger and protect his city, setting the journey into motion. The other options describe scenarios that don’t establish the same urgent motive: a peaceful voyage isn’t a call to face a peril; discovering treasure is a reward that comes later, not the push to undertake the mission; banishment is exile, not the compelled leap into the unknown.