Demigod

Rick Riordan is an American author who has written over twenty novels for young readers. Some of Rick Riordan’s well known works are the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and The Trials of Apollo. He has received various awards for his novels, including a two-time Mark Twain Award, and the Children's Choice Books Awards for Author of the Year in 2011. He is also a #1 New York Times best selling author. I chose…

Meletus answers “I swear by Zeus that you believe absolutely in none at all.” (Plato, 28). Socrates’ question is “Can a man believe in spiritual and divine agencies, and not in spirits and demigods?” (Plato, 28). Meletus answers “He cannot.” (Plato, 28). Socrates’ question is “Now what are spirits or demigods? are they not either gods or the sons of gods? Is that true?” (Plato,…

common people. In many ways, the gods acted like the mortals by showing passions such as jealousy, love, and revenge. The gods are known for their affairs and mischievous acts when they came down from Mount Olympus (“Greek Mythology”). One well known demigod, half god half human, to many children- thanks to the 1997 Disney movie based on the hero, is Hercules. Hercules…

First, Theseus was born into a gifted world, where he was the “son of the royal line of Aegeus” (Plutarch, 1.24) and a demigod: “Which led the Athenians to him as a demigod” (Plutarch, 1.35). Smith, on the other hand, was the son of a yeoman farmer who took to sea, setting out on his own at age 16 . While Smith seems to have led a rather upright life, Theseus, common to his time, carried on with…

Penthesileia in the battle, Quintus notes how she is clothed in armor given by her divine father. As she steps onto the battlefield, Quintus writes, “Her armor finely wrought, the war god’s gift.” Her armor, created by the gods, is befitting of the Amazon demigod, and it is used to aid her in her battle. Lastly, Achilles exhibits Hubris multiple times throughout the epic poem. The majority of the Iliad shows a conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon after Agamemnon failed to honor him…

Well, in The Trials of Apollo - Hidden Oracle, by Rick Riordan, the god Apollo, was sent down to Earth, stripped of his powers because Zeus thought he did something bad. Apollo has had this happen to him before so he knows that he needs to serve a demigod for a year or so in order to regain his trust from his father. He meets a girl called Meg, who is a daughter of Demeter, at least Apollo thought. They go on an adventure looking for Percy Jackson, caught Percy up on what had happened to Apollo,…

In Homer’s epic novel The Iliad, translated by Ian Johnston, Achilles represents a true hero by being an independent, strong-willed warrior. Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, is a noble demigod fighting alongside the Greeks and their leader Agamemnon in the Trojan War. He illustrates heroism by being a leader, ability to endure hardships, and by being true to himself. When Agamemnon refuses to return war prisoner, Chryseis to her father, the Greeks face Apollo’s wrath for nine days. On the…

teacher, the P.E. Coach, is captured while trying to fight them off. Two kids rescue the three of them, taking them to a place called Camp Half Blood, where they find other kids. The three of them are told that the have super powers and are demigods. Leo's dad is Hephaestus. Leo has a secret he can make fire but the hasn't used it since an incident it happened when he was five. He was with his mom in…

The House of Hades is a fantasy book by Rick Riordan. The book starts directly after Percy, the son of Poseidon, and Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, fall into Tartarus, a primordial deity and the darkest part of the underworld, and follows the progress of the Seven of the Prophecy as they struggle to close the Doors of Death before it’s too late. Along the way Hazel, the daughter of Pluto, takes Hestia, the goddess of magic, as her patron goddess and has to select a fate for the Seven. After…

The Impact of Rick Riordan on American Culture Rick Riordan once said “writing is like a sport, it’s like athletics- if you don’t practice, you don’t get any better.” In a fan-crazed Harry Potter era, the 2000’s consisted of an “Urban Fantasy” phase. In the article “2000s: Print Culture,” Reed Wilson (et. al.) explains it as a genre “juxtaposing our own modern urban world with elements of the fantastic” (2012). The young adult population was craving a new series to latch onto and obsess over…