Rick Riordan successfully captured the essences of Greek mythology through his young adult book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In each of the books, it features heroes, villains, monsters, Gods/Goddesses, and demi-gods that which all play an important part in how Rick portrays Greek mythology. The author of the book Mythology, Edith Hamilton has timeless tales of Gods and heroes that support Rick Riordan and how he captures Greek mythology like for instants. Greek mythology is a study of the environment and how the human race what they went through and felt (Edith Hamilton 13). Greek mythology has influenced us to use mythology in consideration to Improve architecture, celebration, and warfare (Pontikis one). The usage of Gods and
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The main concerns in all of these books are how Riordan incorporated Greek mythology in the books and added characters such as Percy who could be debated to resemble Perseus. Both Percy and Perseus were demigods with a divine father and a mortal mother. Perseus Eurymedon was born to Zeus and Princess Danae of Argos, and Percy Jackson was born to Poseidon and Sally Jackson. Percy and Perseus also killed Medusa by beheading her, (Hamilton151) at different circumstances, but with similar accessories. Perseus was given an adamantine sword given to him by the God Hermes (Hamilton150) and Percy (Riordan177-182) had the Celestial Bronze sword riptide given to him by his dad. Hermes provided Perseus with his winged sandals, and Hermes' demigod son Luke provided Percy with Hermes' winged sneakers. Athena provided Perseus with a polished shield to look at Medusa indirectly, and Athena's demigod daughter Annabeth found him a reflective glass. Perseus was also given Hades' Helm of Darkness to sneak into the lair of the Gorgons, and Percy only comes across the Helm later, and he never uses it. Getting to it all of the different monsters, titans, and creatures you will ever see will be in Greek mythology and that is what Rick Riordan portrays the most. There are going to be monsters/creatures that are very common to Greek literature in such as The Odyssey or The Twelve labors of
The main concerns in all of these books are how Riordan incorporated Greek mythology in the books and added characters such as Percy who could be debated to resemble Perseus. Both Percy and Perseus were demigods with a divine father and a mortal mother. Perseus Eurymedon was born to Zeus and Princess Danae of Argos, and Percy Jackson was born to Poseidon and Sally Jackson. Percy and Perseus also killed Medusa by beheading her, (Hamilton151) at different circumstances, but with similar accessories. Perseus was given an adamantine sword given to him by the God Hermes (Hamilton150) and Percy (Riordan177-182) had the Celestial Bronze sword riptide given to him by his dad. Hermes provided Perseus with his winged sandals, and Hermes' demigod son Luke provided Percy with Hermes' winged sneakers. Athena provided Perseus with a polished shield to look at Medusa indirectly, and Athena's demigod daughter Annabeth found him a reflective glass. Perseus was also given Hades' Helm of Darkness to sneak into the lair of the Gorgons, and Percy only comes across the Helm later, and he never uses it. Getting to it all of the different monsters, titans, and creatures you will ever see will be in Greek mythology and that is what Rick Riordan portrays the most. There are going to be monsters/creatures that are very common to Greek literature in such as The Odyssey or The Twelve labors of