Analysis Of Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

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Over the summer I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan. The book was written from the perspective of a teenage boy, but still accurately tells the stories of the Greek gods. The particular story that interested me was “The Olympians Bash Some Heads”. This story told how the Greek gods became supreme over the Titans. Riordan used the Greek myths as a guideline for the story. In his work, he resolved many difficulties, including: freeing the gods, fulfilling the prophecy of Ouranos, and dividing the land. Rhea, the sister and wife of Kronos, had many different kinds of children. The most important of the bunch were the gods. The first born was Hestia, the first goddess. Kronos was scared of her power. He worried that this goddess

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