Percy Jackson & the Olympians

The Heroes of Olympus is a series of novels that are a sequel to the Olympians and Percy Jackson series of novels by American author Rick Riordan. The series of novels is a combination of fantasy and mythological elements that make for some of the most entertaining mish mash of narratives. The novels are made up of narratives that describe the conflict between Roman and Greek demigods and the earth goddess, Gaea. The novels have a lot of Roma mythological elements in addition to several…

Greek culture in general have had a major impact on American culture. “You can’t walk to any U.S city without seeing something that has been influenced by the Greeks,” says Chiron, a character from one of Rick Riordan’s, popular writer of the Percy Jackson books and former middle school mythology teacher, books. There have also been plays from Greek times that have been modernized so then we can relate more to the story, such as Fiona Macintosh’s Agamemnon which is based off the story of Jason…

Triton also known as King Triton from “The Little Mermaid” has a whole race named after him (“Triton·Facts and Information on the God Triton”). Triton is one of the minor gods, more powerful than a demigod, but less powerful than an Olympian (“Triton”), is still an influence in the 21st century. Triton is one of the best examples of Greek and Roman mythology still resonates in today's society. King Triton not from “The Little Mermaid, but from the Greek and Roman mythology was known as the…

himself in the last books of the two series. In the first series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Nico and Bianca are introduced in the third…

Let me ask you how does plunging into a monster filled abyss sound, Not very fun? The book I will be writing about is the next installment in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series HOUSE OF HADES. In this book Percy and Annabeth venture through Tartarus to open the Doors of Death in the underworld whilst Leo, Piper, Jason, Frank, and Hazel travel to Epirus to open them in the mortal world. This is accomplished by giving care to a farting weasel, meeting the embodiment of crossroads, and many…

Mythology is filled with many stories about gods and goddesses, as well as the many journeys they went on. Mythology is a collection of myths that belong to a specific culture or religion. Greek mythology is one of those specific cultures. Throughout Greek Mythology, the myths consist of tales about irony, adultery, morals, crimes, and human disputes. One of the gods that continued to appear in certain myths about human disputes or adultery was Poseidon. People considered Poseidon to be a very…

Athena was the goddess of war/warfare the female counterpart of Ares. Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. 3. Athena was one of the 12 major gods that lived up at mount olympus. 4. Athena has no children or husband. In the book percy jackson and the olympians athena married a mortal and had a baby girl named Annabeth then left…

Press, 1962.Print In this book there were many stories about all the different gods and goddesses. One of the stories was about a goddess named Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the goddess of love. Nobody knew where Aphrodite came from, she was the only Olympian who did not have a mother or father. One story about a god that I read was about Cronus, Cronus grew up to be stronger than his father. So when Cronus’ wife Rhea had a baby Cronus swallowed the baby, because he didn’t want his child to be…

I grew up in what is considered a low income family, but I’ve always wanted to go to college. Before I even understood the concept of degrees, I would tell my parents “I want to go to college for seven years!” because I thought we could just choose how long we could go to college for. As I grew up, my goals became realistic. Instead of being president, however, I now want to do something that involves helping others and educating. I would like to work in schools, preferably high school was an…

As people began to advanced in modern ideologies, they also look into their past as they live in a world where they are generally influence from our ancestor’s society. One of these influences is Greek culture that have been affecting our natural way of life. Greeks have create ideal concept that could not been imagine with the technology they had in their time. An example would be that they helped create the foundation of democracy, which the United States uses today. This political system…