Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

So what comes to mind when I think of Greek gods is ... Percy Jackson! That's probably where most of us learned all we know about Greek gods. Percy is awesome and so is his book series (if you haven't read it please do you need a childhood). So if you didn’t know, Percy Jackson is a son of Poseidon who goes on adventures with his girlfriend Annabeth Chase (daughter of Athena) and lots of friends. He even has another series called Heroes of Olympus with Piper McLean (daughter of Aphrodite), Jason Grace (son of Zeus), Leo Valdez (son of Hephaestus), Hazel Grace and Nico diAngelo (Hades kids), Frank Zhang (son of Ares), and Reyna Avilla Ramirez Arellano (awesome daughter of Bellona). Hazel, Frank, and Reyna are Roman kids from Camp Jupiter and Piper, Jason, Leo, Nico, Percy, and Annabeth are Greek kids from Camp Half-Blood.
There is actually a lot of accurate stuff in here about Greek mythology, such as Medusa who turns people to stone, Kronos, and lots of Greek deities. In one series, Percy and friends fight against Kronos, a titan who ate his children, the Olympians. in the Greek myth of Kronos, Rhea, his wife, gave him a stone instead of Zeus, so Zeus grew up outside of his father's stomach. Rhea gave Kronos a poison herb to make him puke up his children, who fought against him. Gaea gave Zeus a sickle to kill Kronos with, which coincidentally helped Kronos kill his father, Uranus.
Who is your favorite demigod? Mine is tied between Nico and Reyna.

in order: Octavian (jerk), Reyna, Leo, Piper, Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank, Nico, Thalia

1 comment:

  1. Abby, this post really has great flow, and your voice shines right through! Clever use of the poison herbs, eh? You go, girl! (Rhea)
    : )

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