Gods Read Percy Jackson Guide to the Gods

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Percy Jackson'due south Greek Gods is a collection of stories from Greek mythology told from the demigod Percy Jackson's point of view. The book talks almost the origins of the Olympian gods (and of their ancestors, the Titans and the Protogenoi) and other stories from their lives. The book was released on Baronial 19th, 2014.

1 Development
2 Clarification
3 Plots
- iii.1 Hestia
- iii.2 Demeter
- iii.3 Persephone
- 3.4 Hera
- 3.5 Hades
- 3.6 Poseidon
- 3.7 Zeus
- 3.8 Athena
- 3.9 Aphrodite
- 3.10 Ares
- three.11 Hephaestus
- three.12 Apollo
- 3.13 Artemis
- 3.14 Hermes
- iii.xv Dionysus
- 3.16 Afterword
iv Characters
- 4.i Protogenoi
- 4.ii Titans
- four.3 Monsters
- 4.4 Gods
- 4.v Demigods
- 4.6 Mortals
five Chapter List
6 Trivia
- vi.1 References to Popular Civilisation
vii Gallery
viii References

Evolution

On April 21, 2013, Rick Riordan announced on his Twitter that he was writing a new book based on the stories of Greek mythology from the demigod Percy Jackson's point of view.^[three] He afterward confirmed this in his web log.^[four] Riordan will be reading an extract from the book during his Business firm of Hades tour. ^[5] While on bout for The House of Hades Rick Riordan also revealed that the book is 450 pages long, with illustrations throughout the entire book and will come out in August 2014. ^[6] John Rocco, the illustrator of the book, announced that in that location will exist sixty full-color paintings fatigued by him in the book, and gave a sneak peek of 1, depicting Hades stealing Persephone. ^[7] A preview of the first chapter was included in the free e-book Mega-Awesome Adventures on March 4, 2014.^[viii] Two more previews came out from Waterstones Blog and the Guardian.^[nine]

Clarification

Who could tell the origin stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? Percy Jackson provides an insider'southward view with plenty of 'tude in this illustrated drove.

"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians aroused at me again. Only if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an see with them if they ever prove up in your face up, and so I guess writing all this down will be my proficient deed for the week."

So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and sarcastic asides--to the classics. He explains how the world was created, then gives readers his personal have on a who's who of ancients, from Apollo to Zeus. Percy does non concord back. "If y'all like horror shows, blood baths, lying, stealing, backstabbing, and cannibalism, so read on, because it definitely was a Golden Age for all that."

Dramatic total-color illustrations throughout by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco brand this volume--a must for home, library, and classroom shelves--as stunning as it is entertaining. ^[x]

Plots

Percy Jackson explained that he wrote this book on the Greek Gods at the request of a publisher in New York. At first, he declined in fear of the gods getting mad, but he decided to do it equally people will know more most Greek Mythology.

Percy explained how Anarchy outset created the globe including Gaea, Ouranos, Pontos, and Tartarus. Later, Nyx, Hemera, Eros and the twelve Titans were created. Then things started to get rough betwixt Gaea and Ouranos. It got worse when Ouranos threw their next children, the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, into Tartarus. Gaea decided to accept one of her children cutting Ouranos up with a scythe. Merely Kronos was willing to do it, though Koios, Krios, Hyperion and Iapetus joined in to hold Ouranos downwardly from the sky. Kronos was successful in chopping up his father and throwing him into the ocean, just not earlier he cursed his son that his own children will overthrow him. The Furies, dryads and satyrs were born in the process.

Kronos wasn't and then bad of a ruler at first. Koios, Krios, Hyperion and Iapetus each got a corner of the earth for their participation. Kronos' tyranny began when he reimprisoned the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires he freed, but outset the titans had children together. Oceanus and Tethys had Klymene, Iapetus and Klymene had Atlas and Prometheus, Koios and Phoebe had Leto, Hyperion and Theia had Helios and Selene, only Kronos and Rhea did not take a titan. They had a goddess named Hestia. Kronos, fearing Ouranos' curse, swallowed her whole, just Hestia was withal live in his stomach. It was the same with their next four children, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. But when Zeus was born, Rhea gave Kronos a rock instead and gave Zeus to Amaltheia.

Equally shortly every bit Zeus grew up, he came to his father to be his cupbearer. He gave him a alloy of nectar and mustard for Kronos to puke out Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. The gods fled and flew into Tartarus to complimentary the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, but this time they were guarded by Kampê. Zeus had them brand the Primary Bolt, which he used to impale Kampê, the Trident for Poseidon, and the Helm of Darkness for Hades. They made a base at Mount Olympus and eventually, they were able to chop up Kronos and ship him and his brothers into Tartarus. Zeus had Atlas agree up the sky every bit information technology would crush the world without Koios, Krios, Hyperion and Iapetus. In a game, Zeus won the heavens to rule over, Poseidon won the sea, and Hades won the Underworld.

Hestia

Percy Jackson mentioned that almost every book about Greek Mythology started with Zeus. But instead, he'due south going to first with Kronos' firstborn, Hestia. He explained that Hestia did non want to get married, peculiarly after Zeus married Themis and had the Horai and Fates. Both Poseidon and Apollo wanted to marry Hestia, but she wanted to take care of Mount Olympus' hearth instead. Percy also mentioned the fourth dimension a donkey saved Hestia from Priapus. When Prometheus stole fire from the hearth to give it to the rest of the world, Percy said that Hestia must have helped him. Nonetheless, Zeus punished the titan past having an hawkeye eat his liver which would e'er grow back.

Demeter

Demeter was liked by all the male gods, but she preferred to wander the earth. After Zeus dumped Themis, he tried to assemble with Demeter. They turned into serpents and a chase eventually led to Persephone being born. A few years later on, the same thing happened with Poseidon, merely with horses instead, they had Despoine and Arion. Merely then Demeter actually vicious in love with a human prince named Iasion, only for Zeus to zap and kill him, although Demeter managed to give birth to Ploutos. Another prince named Erisikhthon gathered some friends of his to chop down trees in a grove of Demeter to build a mansion. The goddess first appeared equally a regular-sized woman and so grew to a massive height and cursed Erisikhthon with eternal hunger.

Persephone

Persephone lived with Demeter, but Hades had a massive crush on her. Alas, he knew she was out of his league and when he visited Mount Olympus, Zeus told him that talking to Demeter wouldn't gain the hand of her daughter. He suggested a kidnapping, so Hades rose out of the ground in his chariot and took Persephone to the Underworld after Zeus made some flowers abound to lure her abroad from her nymph bodyguards. Helios saw this just did nix, and when Hecate heard Persephone scream, she waited until nightfall to cast meliorate spells. She gave Demeter torches to help observe her daughter and she stopped in Eleusis where Queen Metaneira was offer a prayer to her for her son, Demophoon. The queen's firstborn son, Triptolemus, sent riders in all four directions to spread the news. As repayment, Demeter tried to make Demophoon immortal but Metaneira inadvertently prevented it. After hearing near it from a rider, Demeter went to Helios, who told her about Hades. Demeter furiously went to Zeus only to detect out that he was an accomplice and that there was nix she could exercise. In fury, she immune the balance of earth'due south crops, except Eleusis's, to dice. Zeus sent Hermes to bring Persephone back. She didn't like Hades only she did like his palace, ability, and especially his garden made past Askalaphos. Even though Hades told her most Demeter, he refused to give her dorsum, just Hermes revealed that if she ate whatsoever food she'd have to stay there forever. Persephone just ate one-tertiary of a pomegranate. When Demeter constitute out she turned Askalaphos into a gecko, and the gods agreed to let Persephone stay ii-thirds of each year with her mother. Hecate became one of Persephone'south attendants and Demeter fabricated Triptolemus the god of farming.

Hera

Hera was sent off by Rhea to live with Oceanus and Tethys. When she returned, Zeus tried to marry her but she kept saying no. The following night, a cuckoo bird flew virtually Hera who she decided to keep overnight. The adjacent morning the bird revealed himself as Zeus, and Hera agreed to marry him equally long as he was a good husband to her. When a nymph named Chelone refused to attend the wedding, Hermes dropped her house on her and she changed into the world'south first tortoise. Hera's last present at her wedding ceremony was a tree with golden apples that was replanted in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded by Ladon and the Hesperides. Zeus and Hera had Ares, Hebe, and Eileithyia. But then Hera got mad that Zeus was having kids with other women, and so Hera decided to have a child all by herself, Hephaestus.

When Ixion visited Mount Olympus, he thought Hera was beautiful. She pushed him away and locked herself in a room when he tried to kiss her. Zeus didn't believe her until Ixion made out with a simulated Hera and had Centaurus. Ixion was then fabricated immortal and put on a flying wheel on burn down. Princess Semele of Thebes was said to be as beautiful as Hera. The goddess saw Semele was meaning afterward Zeus left, so she disguised herself every bit Beroe, Semele's nursemaid, and convinced her to let her see Zeus' true godly form which resulted in her disintegrating. Zeus hid Semele's baby in his correct thigh and he later became Dionysus. When Aigina heard nigh Semele, she was worried about Hera but passed away before anything happened to her. Her son was named Aeacus and he became king. When Hera plant out well-nigh Aigina, she put a ophidian in his island's river, filling it with venom. Aeacus asked Zeus to plow some ants into men for his army. He complied and they were chosen the Myrmidons, who were soon led by Achilles. Percy Jackson finished the chapter off by mentioning how Hera tin sometimes be a friend subsequently she helped Argos after Poseidon flooded information technology.

Hades

When Hades commencement took over Erebos, he became gloomy and decided to do some redecorating. He added five rivers: the depressing River Cocytus, the fiery River Phlegethon, the painful River Acheron, the forgetful River Lethe, and the mean River Styx. A Daimon son of Nyx named Charon came to guide to the ghosts of the dead to the Underworld. The Judges of the Underworld adamant which people would go into which grouping. Originally, the judges were living people who judged when people were nonetheless live, merely after Hades took over he had deceased kings be the judges inside the Underworld. His beginning were Minos, Aiakos, and Rhadamanthys. Then he made the three Furies be his enforcers, convinced Hermes to guide people to the Underworld, and had Cerberus guard the archway. Skillful people went to Elysium or the Isles of the Blest, neutral people went to the Fields of Asphodel, and bad people went to the Fields of Penalization.

One example was Tantalus, who was forced into eternal hunger in a receding pool with high fruit above him for trying to feed his son, Pelops, to the gods later on stealing ambrosia and nectar. Some other was Sisyphus, who was forced to push a bedrock up a hill for eternity after Ares freed Thanatos from him when he tried to cheat expiry. Persephone'south daughters, Melinoe and Makaria, became the daimon in accuse of ghosts and nightmares and goddess of blessed peaceful deaths, respectively. Hades once had an affair with Leuke, i of Oceanus' daughters, which fabricated Persephone mad, so he turned Leuke into the first poplar tree. He became depressed until he saw Minthe, daughter of the River Cocytus. Later a buss, Hades took her to the town of Pylos and quickly left. Minthe ranted about being more than beautiful than Persephone, which caused the goddess herself to plow her into the first mint constitute. Percy Jackson mentioned other heroes meeting upwards with Hades then introduced the reader to his dad.

Poseidon

Salty Poseidon liked winning the ocean in that die game. He used his trident to stir upward hurricanes and summon tidal waves. Usually, he stays at-home, riding his chariot pulled past hippocampi, but if he's not sacrificed to there's a chance he volition destroy fishermen's ships.

When Rhea sent Poseidon to live with the Telekhines, he was taught the ways of the body of water until he decided to build his ain palace. Poseidon decided to become a patron god of a city above. He tried one in Attica but Athena had already arrived. She decided that they will create a gift for the city, Poseidon used waves to create horses simply after Athena won by creating the showtime olive tree, the metropolis was named Athens. Later Poseidon failed to get Argos, Aegina, and Corinth, he got then mad he created a monster that terrorized the declension of Africa until it was defeated by Andromeda's hubby. Her mother, Cassiopeia, was placed into the stars past Poseidon. After that, all the Nereids wanted to marry him except for one named Amphitrite. Poseidon loved her but she eventually disappeared. When Delphin offered to expect for her and was successful, he promised Amphitrite that Poseidon would treat her nicely and they got married. Their children were Triton, Rhode, and Kymopoleia, but Poseidon however had other girlfriends. I of them was Koroneis, whom Athena turned into a raven afterward she prayed for assistance. Another was Medusa, whom Athena turned into a hideous monster after she and Poseidon got romantic in her temple. But some relationships worked out ameliorate: Eurynome gave birth to Bellerophon and Aethra gave nascency to Theseus. Poseidon also gave both Mestra and Periclymenus the power to shapeshift, simply amongst his children, there were also Polyphemus and Antaeus. He also turned Theophane into a sheep when she tried to hibernate, so as a ram, he made love resulting in the nascence of Krysomallos, the ram with the Golden Fleece.

And then one day, Hera got the idea to overthrow Zeus. She rounded up Poseidon, Athena, and Apollo for help. But a nymph named Thetis had Briares untie him, on the promise of Thetis he didn't impale the gods. He had Hera suspended over the completeness of Chaos, Apollo and Poseidon were turned into humans and forced to work every bit laborers for Male monarch Laomedon of Troy, yet Athena got off scot-free.

Zeus

Percy Jackson described Zeus as a powerful god who would reward them if they treated him nicely but punished them if not. One example of this was Salmoneus, a prince of Thessaly with six brothers who fabricated their own kingdoms. Salmoneus honored himself earlier the gods. He even pretended that he was really Zeus to get food. When people accused him of existence a fraud, the real Zeus came downwardly and killed Salmoneus and destroyed Salmonea as some residents offered him food and believed him. Once he even tried to destroy the entire human race with a overflowing. The original humans were chosen the Golden Race. Amidst the flood's survivors were Deucalion, a son of Prometheus, and his wife, Pyrrha, as Prometheus warned his son beforehand. They created new humans for the earth past throwing rocks over their shoulders.

Zeus ordinarily shape-shifted to endeavor and woo women. He turned into a bull for Europa, who had iii sons after being taken to Crete. A prophecy stated that his son from the nereid, Thetis, would be greater than him, so Zeus dumped her and she fell for Peleus. 1 time, Zeus was forced to fight Typhoeus, the son of Gaea and wife of Echidna, who wanted to usurp the gods, lonely subsequently the other Olympians fled. Typhoeus ripped his tendons out and stole his lightning bolts, simply when Hermes, Aegipan, and other gods returned to Zeus, he got an idea. After Aegipan lured Typhoeus with his panpipes, the latter got out Zeus' tendons for a harp and so fell comatose. Hermes returned Zeus his tendons and bolts, and then trapped Typhoeus nether Mount Etna by crushing him with information technology afterwards zapping him.

Athena

Athena was born from Zeus and Metis, who was swallowed past him subsequently a prophecy stated their son would have his identify. Metis faded away later giving birth to Athena in Zeus' gut. Athena made her manner to her father'southward encephalon, giving him a big headache. Hephaestus dissever his skull open and Athena grew once she got out. When she was young, she was sent to the nymphs of Lake Tritones. 1 of them was named Pallas whom she became good friends with.

One day, Zeus saw the two of them mock fighting and mistook it for a real fight, so he showed her the Custodianship shield Athena gave him. Pallas was startled and Athena accidentally killed her. Percy thought that was why the goddess is sometimes called "Pallas Athena." Then in that location was the time she had a weaving competition against the slightly arrogant Arachne. Athena called it a tie simply killed Arachne after she insulted her, but then turned her into a spider out of pity. Athena was the 1 who invented the first flute, but she cursed whoever played information technology again to have the worst fortune later on the other goddesses made fun of her playing it. One 24-hour interval after that, a human being named Teiresias came to Athena while she was in a river and the goddess blinded him out of shock, only she also gave him the ability to understand birds.

When Hephaestus tried to become into a relationship with her, he kept going towards her until he got his sweat and snot on her leg. She wiped information technology off with a cloth and threw to earth where it turned into a baby. Athena decided to adopt the boy and named him Erikthonius. In order to make him immortal, she put Erikthonius in a chest with a snake and gave it to the girl of King Kekrops. But the marvel caused them to open up the chest and got freaked out and so much they jumped to their deaths. Erikthonius did non go immortal, only he did overthrow Kekrops when he grew up.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite was born from the sea after Ouranos was torn apart. When she came to the island of Cyprus, she rose from the ocean and met the iii Horai. They gave her some dress and took her to Mount Olympus. When she got there, all of the gods wanted her equally their wife, but Hera chose Hephaestus to marry her and most of the gods agreed, but they did not make the best couple at all. Aphrodite started an matter with Ares right after the marriage. Athena had a weaving competition with her likewise, although she failed miserably. She had a magical belt and Hera borrowed it after an statement with Zeus.

When Zeus tried to punish all humans for having fire, he gave the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, a pithos of evil spirits that would attack the mortals when they escape. At Aphrodite's suggestion, the gods created Pandora for Epimetheus to marry while the goddess dropped off the pithos. Pandora opened it one day while Epimetheus was out and things like sickness and misery came out. The but practiced matter was Elpis, the spirit of hope. Withal, not all of Aphrodite'due south creations were bad. She brought a statue that Pygmalion, the sculptor, made to life. Zeus once made Aphrodite autumn in honey with Anchises until the spell broke, but she got pregnant with Aeneas and returned him when he turned five. Smyrna refused to worship Aphrodite, and so the goddess made her pregnant and her father chased her until she turned into a myrrh tree. The tree gave birth to a baby male child named Adonis, whom Aphrodite gave to Persephone. When he grew upwards the goddesses fought over his custody, and so Zeus decided that he'd spend ane-3rd of the twelvemonth with ane of the goddesses while the remaining tertiary he'd exist on his own. Aphrodite and Adonis had a girl named Beroe, and the goddess turned him into anemones after he was killed by a boar.

Ares

Even as a infant, Ares was incredibly strong, so Zeus and Hera hired Thero as his nanny. She took the into the state of Thrace for training until he was on the council. Despite existence the god of war, there were many times where he actually chickened out. His twin sons, Phobos and Deimos, were his charioteers and he had his own fortress in the mountains of Thrace. Notwithstanding, pretty much the merely Greeks that loved and pretty much worshipped Ares was Sparta, who were manly men.

Another group of Ares lovers were the Amazons, and they built a temple for him with sacred birds. Ares also had two sacred groves in cardinal Greece and Colchis, and they each independent a dark woods of oak copse guarded by dragons. The teeth of these dragons would grow into Skeleton Warriors if planted, but both of them were eventually killed past Cadmus. He went into one of the grooves to make a new city. Athena gave him protection at the fourth dimension so he could institute a city named Thebes and taught him how to create spartoi. Cadmus married Ares' girl, Harmonia, only Ares turned them both into snakes. They died and went to Elysium. The other dragon guarded the Gilt Fleece, King Aeetes would often make skeleton warriors in the field with his extra security, but that didn't stop Jason. When Ares killed Halirrhothius for trying to rape daughter, Alcippe, Poseidon had him stand trial but he was acquitted. The twin giants, Otis and Ephialtes, kidnapped Ares by putting him in a bronze jar. Eriboea gave Hermes the location of Ares which resulted in his freedom and the Alodai's defeat.

Hephaestus

Hera created Hephaestus all past herself, only tossed him correct off Mount Olympus afterwards his nascency due to his ugliness. He barbarous into the sea but was rescued by Thetis who raised him underwater. After nine years, he grew up to exist as adept as a crafter like the Elder Cyclopes. He decided to ride a donkey to Mount Olympus and won the trust of the other gods by giving them thrones, except he cursed Hera's with chains as revenge. Hephaestus left for the mortal world, Zeus sent Ares to have him complimentary Hera only he got blasted with fire. Dionysus, however, managed to make Hephaestus drunk and convinced him to forgive Hera. After she tried to rebel against Zeus, Hephaestus was the one who saved her from Anarchy. When Zeus found out, he threw him off the mountain. Before returning, he landed on Lemnos, home to the Sintian tribe where Hephaestus became their patron god. He made thrones, weapons, armor, chariots, and even an cloak-and-dagger mansion for the king of Chios, only his speciality was automatons. He made King Alcinous two dogs, King Laomedon a growing gilded vine, and Male monarch Minos a giant named Talos. He began to notice that the children he had with Aphrodite, Eros and Harmonia, didn't look like him. Helios confessed that Aphrodite was adulterous on him with Ares, then he made a net that trapped the two and showed them to the other gods who laughed at them. Hephaestus also gave Harmonia a necklace that brought bad luck. He had an thing with Aglaia, one of the iii Charities, and had several daughters. He too dated Etna, the goddess of Mount Etna, and they had the palikoi. He had an thing with a body of water nymph named Kabeiro and had Alkon and Eurymedon, the Kabeiroi.

Apollo

Apollo was built-in with his twin sis, Artemis, from Zeus and the Titan Leto. Hera got mad that Zeus had still another matter so she cursed the pregnant Leto to be unable to give birth on any land. She finally managed to give birth to the twin gods on the floating island of Delos. As shortly every bit he was old and skilled enough, he slew Python as revenge for chasing his mother while she was looking for assistance. Then he took over the Oracle of Delphi and hired a Pythia to tell his prophecies. Apollo took Helios' place as the god of the sunday after they forgot about the latter.

When Princess Elara had Tityos from Zeus, he grew in an clandestine cave and was taken intendance of by Gaea. When the ugly giant emerged, Hera sent him to attack Leto as revenge, but Tityos was slain by Apollo, who then had Hades make vultures eat his liver that grew back. Queen Niobe of Thebes had fourteen perfect kids, and when the city held a festival for Leto, the queen appear that she didn't think she was beautiful. This made Apollo plough all the residents to stone and kill her children and married man with Artemis. This caused Niobe to turn into a rock on a mountain merely Zeus revived the petrified residents. Marsyas the satyr found the flute Athena fabricated and became pop with its music. Apollo had a contest with him then flayed him alive later on he won. Apollo had dated the nine Muses, but soon made Eros angry and he made Apollo fall in love with Daphne. Gaea turned her into a laurel tree and so she could escape Apollo.

Artemis

Artemis hated men ever since she was born. She came out start and helped evangelize Apollo, that'south why she was called the childbirth goddess with Eileithyia. Upon seeing his daughter, Zeus gave her whatever wish. She chose to be a maiden forever and to have many followers. She got her bow and arrow from the Cyclopes, Pan gave her her hunting dogs, and finally, she gathered her followers, including Britomartis who helped catch the Ceryneian Hind. Artemis was the 1 who slew the Alodai, Otis and Ephialtes, and sent the Kalydonian Boar on Kalydon after Male monarch Oineus forgot her offering. His son, Meleager, gathered upward hunters. including Mopsos and Ankaios to kill the boar, only later on information technology was killed, Artemis caused a civil state of war.

A student of Chiron and canis familiaris trainer, Actaeon, brutal in dearest with Artemis but she turned him into a deer and he was eaten past his ain dogs. Sipriotes did the same thing and was turned into a girl. Zeus turned into Artemis to win the hand of i of her followers, Kallisto, who got turned into a bear by Artemis, gave nascency to Arkas, and was turned into Ursa Major. After Orion got new eyes, he became the commencement male ever to join the hunters. Just then he went crazy and killed lots of animals, so Gaea had a behemothic scorpion kill him and he was turned into a constellation. Hippolytos, the son of Theseus, was Artemis' terminal best friend. After his begetter angrily killed him, Artemis went to Asklepios who revived Hippolytos with the Doctor'southward Cure. After Aphrodite and Hades complained, Zeus killed Asklepios, however Hippolytos lived a long life.

Hermes

Maia, Titan daughter of Atlas, gave nativity to Hermes in Mount Cyllene from Zeus. She took intendance of him equally a baby, just i twenty-four hours he snuck out to steal Apollo'south Cattle. On the way, he made the first lyre out of a tortoiseshell and sheep tendons. Then he made snowshoes out of myrtle trees to become close to fifty cows, but a farmer named Battus saw him and confessed to Apollo. He was turned to stone because of that betrayal. Hermes and Apollo became friends after exchanging a syrinx flute and the ability to tell fortunes with dice. When Zeus turned Io into a cow and gave it to Hera preclude her from finding out nigh their relationship, he had Hermes steal her back despite information technology existence guarded by Argus. When Hera found out, she turned Io into a cow permanently and sent a gadfly to sting her for the residual of her life.

Dionysus

Dionysus was the child of Zeus and Semele. Subsequently his father freed him from his leg he told Hermes to give him to Semele'southward sister, Ino, and her husband, Athamas. They disguised him as a girl to hide his identity from Hera. After she grew suspicious, Zeus turned his son into a goat. Athamas killed his older son, Learkhos, when Hera turned him into a deer and Ino killed her younger son, Melikertes, past boiling him. They jumped off a cliff after realizing this.

Originally, Dionysus' name was just Bacchus, but Zeus added another one after bringing him to Mountain Nysa so the nymphs and satyrs can take care of him. When his friend, Ampelos, found a new vine, he died from falling after climbing the tree trying to reach it. Blaming himself, Dionysus created the first grapevine from both the satyr and the vine. Upon bringing vino dorsum, Silenos made him the god of it. The drink spread throughout all of Ancient Hellenic republic and Dionysus became famous. 1 of the Bacchae, his followers, suggested he become a patron god. Dionysus tried with King Lycurgus but he ended upwardly whipping everyone, even killing a nymph name Ambrosia. Upon encouragement from Thetis, Dionysus drove Lycurgus to madness and he killed his son, Dryas. Then the god caused every plant in the metropolis to wither. After Lycurgus'due south decease, the people of the boondocks worshipped the god.

Male monarch Pentheus of Thebes resisted Dionysus because he saw the god'south army dangerous. He spied on one of Dionysus' parties, finding his mother among them. When he got caught, Pentheus was torn to pieces. One day, Dionysus got captured by pirates. He scared them past turning into predators and turned them into dolphins. Then he got off on Naxos where he institute Ariadne who was left by Theseus. Taking compassion on her, Dionysus made her his immortal queen. When Dionysus invaded India with Hercules and the Kabeiroi, the Indians were a lot stronger then he idea. Dionysus built a pair of pillars on the banks of the Ganges River, then took his identify on Mount Olympus.

Afterword

Percy Jackson concludes this book by saying he couldn't go over all the Greek gods, there are so many. He said the reader would probably know enough most Greek Mythology to avoid getting turned to ash. Only at present he had to meet upwards with his girlfriend, Annabeth Chase.

Characters

Protogenoi

Chaos
Gaea
Ouranos
Nyx
Hemera
Tartarus (primordial)
Pontus
Aether

Titans

Kronos
Themis
Koios
Oceanus
Hyperion
Iapetus
Krios
Rhea
Metis
Theia
Tethys
Phoebe
Mnemosyne
Leto
Maia

Monsters

Cyclopes
Hekatonkheires
Kampê
Furies
Fates
Typhon
Medusa
Arachne
Echidna

Gods

Hades
Persephone
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Dionysus
Athena
Demeter
Artemis
Apollo
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Ares
Hermes
Hestia
Fates
Aegipan
Ariadne

Demigods

Salmoneus
Erichthonious
Orpheus
Hercules
Tantalus
Jason
Halirrhothius
Tityous

Mortals

Ariadne
Teiresias
Anaeas

Chapter Listing

Introduction
The Beginning and Stuff ^[11]
The Aureate Age of Cannibalism
The Olympians Bash Some Heads
~~Zeus~~
Hestia Chooses Available Number Zero ^[12]
Demeter Turns Into Grainzilla
Persephone Marries Her Stalker (or, Demeter, The Sequel)
Hera Gets a Little Cuckoo^[13]
Hades Does Home Improvement
Poseidon Gets Salty
Zeus Kills Everyone
Athena Adopts a Handkerchief
You Gotta Dear Aphrodite
Ares, The Manly Man's Manly Man
Hephaestus Makes Me a Golden Llama (Not Really, Merely He Totally Should)^[xiv]
Apollo Sings and Dances and Shoots People
Artemis Unleashes the Death Pig
Hermes Goes to Juvie
Dionysus Conquers the World With a Refreshing Beverage
Afterword.

Trivia

Although Percy states that the ivory statue brought to life by Aphrodite had no name, mail service-classical writers phone call her "Galatea".^[15]
This book is written afterwards The Last Olympian because in the afterword, Percy says that he is tardily to a appointment with his girlfriend.
Percy mentioned Noah regarding the story of Deucalion as both were stories near floods. He also mentioned Adam and Eve regarding how Pandora opened the pithos.

References to Popular Civilization

In that location several examples of Anachronism in this book, probably for jokes.

When Gaia tries to get the Titans to chop up Ouranos, she promised to make cookies for them.
Hera asked Zeus if Rhea, Demeter, and herself would be cheerleaders since he only got the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires to brand weapons for Hades, Poseidon and himself.
When explaining her olive tree, Athena said they were skilful for pizza and perfume.
Zeus sent Hermes, with a Candygram, and Hephaestus, as a cable guy offering a free HDTV box, to Epimetheus when trying to give him the pithos of evils.
Thero, Ares' bodyguard was seen reading Olympian gossip magazines.
When talking about Tityos' punishment, Percy Jackson thought that Prometheus filed a copyright infringement arrange confronting him.

Gallery

The volume features 60 full-color paintings by John Rocco, which are shown below. One was released as a sneak peek on Rocco's blog^[16], the other two on Rick Riordan's Instagram. ^[17] ^[eighteen]

References

↑ The House of Hades Bout
↑ RR's Blog
↑ https://twitter.com/camphalfblood/status/325984210512932865
↑ http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2013/06/update-from-athena-business firm.html
↑ http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-to-expect-and-not-wait-on-house.html Rick Riordan'south web log
↑ The Business firm of Hades Bout Minute 41:00
↑ A Novel, An Illustrated Book of Myths, and a Picture Book, Oh My...
↑ http://www.books.disney.com/volume/mega-awesome-adventures-2/
↑ http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/07/preview-percy-jackson-and-the-greek-gods-part-1/
↑ http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2013/10/percy-jacksons-greek-gods.html Rick Riordan's blog
↑ http://world wide web.books.disney.com/book/mega-awesome-adventures-2/
↑ http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/07/preview-percy-jackson-and-the-greek-gods-office-1/
↑ http://world wide web.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/interactive/2014/aug/02/kickoff-chapter-percy-jackson-greek-gods-rick-riordan
↑ http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-news-round-up-from-athena-house.html
↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology)
↑ A Novel, An Illustrated Volume of Myths, and a Picture Book, Oh My...
↑ Some sneak peek art from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods st tonight's Disney dinner.
↑ One of the many awesome total-color, total-folio illustrations by John Rocco.

The Heroes of Olympus
Core Serial:	The Lost Hero \| The Son of Neptune \| The Mark of Athena \| The Business firm of Hades \| The Blood of Olympus
Main Characters:	Jason Grace \| Piper McLean \| Leo Valdez \| Percy Jackson \| Frank Zhang \| Hazel Levesque \| Annabeth Hunt \| Reyna Ramírez-Arellano \| Nico di Angelo \| Gleeson Hedge
Secondary Characters:	Hylla Ramírez-Arellano \| Dakota \| Tyson \| Ella \| Octavian \| Halcyon Green \| Dr. Howard Claymore \| Alabaster C. Torrington \| Lamia \| Iapetus/Bob
Modest Characters:	Rachel Elizabeth Cartel \| Grover Underwood \| Thalia Grace \| Fleecy \| Mrs. O'Leary \| Kinzie \| Arion \| Calypso \| Lou Ellen Blackstone \| Chiron \| Volition Solace \| Tristan McLean \| Don \| Julia \| Jacob \| Michael Varus \| Burly Black \| Medea \| Midas \| Lityerses \| Phineas \| Otrera \| Echo \| Narcissus \| Sciron \| Pasiphaë
Olympian Gods:	Zeus \| Hera \| Poseidon \| Hades \| Ares \| Demeter \| Athena \| Apollo \| Artemis \| Hephaestus \| Aphrodite \| Hermes \| Dionysus
Small Gods:	Achelous \| Aeolus \| Asclepius \| Boreas \| Eurus \| Hecate \| Iris \| Hypnos \| Keto \| Khione \| Kymopoleia \| Mithras \| Nemesis \| Nike \| Notus \| Phorcys \| Serapis \| Thanatos \| Triptolemus \| Zephyros
Roman Gods:	Jupiter \| Juno \| Neptune \| Pluto \| Mars \| Minerva \| Ceres \| Lupa \| Bellona \| Fortuna \| Janus \| Terminus \| Vulcan \| Mercury \| Apollo (Roman) \| Diana \| Venus \| Bacchus \| Pomona \| Aquilon \| Hercules \| Cupid \| Auster \| Favonius \| Letus \| Victoria
Giants:	Enceladus \| Porphyrion \| Alcyoneus \| Polybotes \| Ephialtes \| Otis \| Damasen \| Clytius \| Mimas \| Orion \| Hippolytos\| Thoon \| Periboia
Undead:	Grey
Primordial Gods:	Gaea \| Tartarus \| Ourae \| Nyx \| Anarchy \| Ouranos \| Akhlys \| Hemera \| Elpis \| Spes
Monsters and Magical Creatures:	Cynocephali \| Gorgon \| Gryphon \| Harpy \| Basilisk \| Lycanthrope \| Gegeines \| Cyclops \| Katobleps \| Unicorn \| Giant Eagle \| Ichthyocentaur \| Satyr/Faun \| Storm Spirit \| Laistrygonian Behemothic \| Lares
Related Content:	Rick Riordan \| Haley Riordan \| Percy Jackson and the Olympians \| Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide \| The Demigod Files \| The Demigod Diaries \| The Son of Sobek \| The Singer of Apollo \| The Staff of Serapis \| Percy Jackson's Greek Gods \| Percy Jackson'south Greek Heroes \| The Crown of Ptolemy \| Demigods & Magicians \| Demigods of Olympus \| Percy Jackson Demigod Drove

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