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The Son of Neptune
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The Heroes of Olympus: Book 2

The Son of Neptune (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Rick Riordan (Author) (edit contributors)

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Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name, Percy Jackson. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods (Specifically, Camp... read more

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The Son of Neptune opens with Percy Jackson being chased by the Gorgon sisters. They intend to kill Percy in order to avenge the killing of their sister Medusa four years ago, but Percy has amnesia and does not understand why they are chasing him. He barely escapes with his life and stumbles... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The Son of Neptune opens with Percy Jackson being chased by the Gorgon sisters. They intend to kill Percy in order to avenge the killing of their sister Medusa four years ago, but Percy has amnesia and does not understand why they are chasing him. He barely escapes with his life and stumbles upon a goddess named Juno. Juno gives him two options: he can carry her across the highway, through the Caldecott, and across the Little Tiber river (though she warns him that when he crosses the river he will lose the Mark of Achilles, feel pain, loss, and misery beyond anything he's ever known and slowly regain his memory); or he can retreat to the safety of the sea and live a long, happy life.

Percy chooses to carry her, and when he gets to Camp Jupiter, a camp for Roman demigods, he meets two other demigods: Hazel and Frank. Percy saves Frank from the Gorgons by creating huge hands from the water of the Little Tiber, and then uses the water of the river to rip the monsters apart. He also loses the Curse of Achilles, since it is a Greek blessing, and Greek magic is washed away by the Little Tiber. Percy is taken to the camp, Reyna, the camp praetor, initially dislikes Percy because he ruined her home (Circe's island in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series).

He is interviewed by Octavian, the camp augur. During the war games Percy impresses everyone by his battle skills and instincts. Mars (Ares in Greek), the god of war, then appears and claims Frank Zhang that he is his son, and that Frank is to go on a quest. Octavian complains that there has been no prophecy, and Mars throws a grenade that transforms into a pen and writes a prophecy: Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die.. Mars insists that Percy must go on the quest in order for him to learn some respect, the third person to go on the quest is up to Frank. Frank requests that Hazel also come on the quest. Percy, Frank, and Hazel are to free Thanatos, the god of Death because monsters are no longer going to Tartarus and souls are escaping from the Underworld. Mars also gives Frank a spear with a dragon tooth tip, advising him to use it wisely, since it has only three charges.

While traveling, Percy struggles to regain his memory. They travel in a little boat, which is all that composes the Roman Navy. They first reach R.O.F.L., which is a organic food farm run by the goddess Iris. They also see the giant Polybotes, the giant born to kill Poseidon/Neptune, leading an army to destroy Camp Jupiter She advises them to look for Phineas, another mortal returned to life by Gaia, who is killing harpies for sport, since they can only eat from his table. He asks Percy to capture a particular harpy called Ella for him, in exchange for the location of Alcyoneus's camp, who is the eldest giant and is born to kill Hades. Percy goes to find Ella, discovering that she can memorize anything she reads. They decide , instead to make a gamble: Phineas and Percy will both drink a vial of gorgon blood. One will die, the other will be healed. Phineas accepts, and they drink a vial each. Percy prays to Gaea to give the safe one to the more important person, and he receives the healing vial, while Phineas die and gives them the location of the camp: Hubbard Glacier. Because of the healing vial, Percy slowly starts regaining his memory. They next make shore at Seattle, where they discover that the Amazons are running the online company Amazon.com. The Queen, Hylla, initially refuses to help them, but relents after forgiving Percy for destroying her home in the Sea of Monsters, and seeing Hazel tame the fastest horse in the world, Arion, helps them escape from Oretra, the first Queen of the Amazons who returned from the dead. Arion then carries them in chariot to the glacier, where they confront Alcyoneus Hazel reveals that she had died, but that Nico di Angelo (a son of Hades) saved her from the Fields of Asphodel, while looking for his other sister, Bianca. They also make a stop at Frank's grandmother's house, where she reveals that Frank has the family gift passed down to him from Periclymenus, the Prince of Pylos, that he can change into any animal. The House is destroyed by Laestrygonian giants, and they escape, while frank's grandmother presumably escapes using the gift. When they finally get to Alaska, the land beyond the gods, they find Thanatos in chains. His chains cannot be broken unless melted by the fire of life i.e. Frank's stick of life. Hazel attacks Alcyoneus, who cannot die in the land he is born in (the land they are currently in), while Percy is defending Frank from hundreds of ghosts. Percy then destroys the edge of the glacier, taking all the ghosts into the sea. They take Alcyoneus over the borders of Alaska to Canada and as he charges Frank, Frank transforms into an elephant (his family gift) and Hazel kills Alcyoneus. After that Frank and Hazel rushed back to where Percy had gone over the edge of the glacier, and Percy was standing there unharmed. Percy regains his memory on the journey back to Camp Jupiter. They speed back to Camp Jupiter, knowing that the Camp is under attack. Percy takes charge and leads the Romans into battle, with the help of his old friends, Tyson, his brother and a cyclops, and Mrs. O'Leary (a hellhound). The Romans defend their camp with valor after discovering that Percy saved the golden eagle from Alcyoneus (the giant born to oppose Pluto or Hades). Percy then challenges the giant to a duel, as the rest of the camp fought his army and the giant, Polybotes (born to oppose Neptune or Poseidon). Percy calls to Terminus, the border god, to help him defeat the giant. Percy eventually beat Polybotes after a treacherous battle by using the head of Terminus' statue as a weapon (Thus a demigod and god working together),which was the god's manifestation in the camp. The camp names him praetor, a leader of the Roman camp. At the end of the book Hazel realizes that Leo closely resembles her "boyfriend" Sammy (back from when she was alive first). There are only two problems; First that she had first died 60 years ago and second that she and Frank like each other. The whole camp waits as Argo II, the ship with the head of Festus, shows who its occupants are.

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  • Perseus "Percy" Jackson: Percy is a 16-year old Greek demigod at Camp half blood. Juno/Hera erases his memory and puts him in the Roman, Camp Jupiter. He knows nothing but his name, the fact that he is the son of Neptune, and the faint memory of his girlfriend Annabeth.
  • Frank Zhang: Frank is a 15-year old Roman Demigod from Camp Jupiter. He is from a long line of Roman, Greek, and Chinese heroes. He embarks on a quest to save Thanatos-the god of death- from a giant in the land beyond the gods- Alaska. He is assisted by his friends Percy and Hazel, who he likes. He also learns a few important facts about his ancestral lineage throughout the book.
  • Hazel Levesque: Hazel is a 13-year-old Roman demigod from Camp Jupiter. She accompanies Frank and Percy on their quest to save Thanatos in Alaska while striving to hide her own dark past. Her feelings for Frank are complicated.
  • Annabeth Chase: The demigod daughter of Athena. She is clever and quick, and has been Percy's love interest throughout the series. Annabeth is the only person Percy remembers from his past life.
  • Lupa: A she-wolf who raises all Roman demigods from a young age to be brave fighters. Helps and train Percy in his early months of memory loss.
  • Hannibal: An awesome battle elephant who wears Kevlar. He lives at Camp Jupiter and is bulletproof. Elephants were always used in Roman Calvary. He is used for Roman war games.
  • Octavian: He is the Augur at Camp Jupiter. He sacrifices stuffed animals to receive messages from the gods. He is also a centurion of the first cohort. Very career centered.
  • Ella: Ella is an amazingly smart red harpy, saved by Percy, Hazel, and Frank on their journey to the land beyond the gods. She is very useful and a big help in their mission. She remembers everything she reads, and can remember a prophecy from any book she reads. She is now a friend of Hazel, Percy, Frank, and Tyson.
  • Thanatos / Letus: The Greek god of Death. He is NOT a part of Hades, but he is Hades servant in a way. Is seen in a dark robe surrounded by skeletal guards.
  • Juno / Hera: The Queen of the Roman Gods. She is well respected by Romans.
  • Jason Grace: He is the son of Jupiter. He is a Roman camper while his sister, Thalia, is a Greek camper. His memories were washed away by Hera, and he still cannot remember some things. Is now at camp half blood.
  • Piper McLean: A Greek demigod, daughter of Aphrodite, and head counselor of the Aphrodite cabin at Camp Half-Blood.
  • Leo Valdez: The demigod son of Hephaestus. His mother was killed by Gaea when he was a child, and he blames himself for her death. He is amazing with tools and has a special connection with fire. He is one of the seven demigods of the new prophecy.
  • Reyna: Reyna is camp Jupiter’s female praetor. She is very strong, and confident, and concerned greatly with the loss of Jason.
  • Mars / Ares: The Roman god of war. Greek name is Ares.
  • Grey: A skeleton warrior that was given to Frank by his father, Ares.
  • Alcyoneus: The eldest of the giants born to Gaea. He was born to oppose Pluto/Hades and can't be killed in his homeland, which this time he choose Alaska as his home world which is untouchable by the gods.
  • Phineas: The descendant of Neptune with the gift of prophecy. When he revealed too much about the plans of the gods, Zeus punished him by making him blind and making the harpies snatch his food.
  • Nico di Angelo: Son of Hades. Treated as an oddball and wanderer.
  • Mr. Terminus: The Roman god of boundaries and landmarks. OCD and his statue outside the New Rome has no arms.
  • Polybotes: one of the giant sons of Gaia. Born to oppose Poseidon / Neptune.
  • Charon: the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly-deceased across the river Styx and Acheron
  • Vitellius: One of the Lares at Camp Jupiter. Sometimes called Vitellius the Ridiculous. Tries to act like he has been in every war.
  • Ortrera: First Amazon queen, daughter of Ares/Mars.
  • Iris: the rainbow goddess, owns R.O.F.L., usually sends Iris messages for gods and Greek demigods
  • Kinzie: One of the Amazons that serve Queen Hylla.
  • Tyson: Tyson is Percy's half brother. At first, Percy doesn't like the idea of having a cyclopes as a brother, but he eventually warms up to him and the two become very close friends. Tyson is tall, muscular, and has only one eye. He's extremely friendly and very brave.
  • Stheno: A gorgon who tries to kill Percy on his trip to camp Jupiter. Pretends to be an employee of Bargain Mart.
  • Euryale: Add a description of this character.
  • Queen Hylla: Sisters with Reyna. Percy destroyed her home in the Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief series). Leader of the Amazons.
  • Fleecy: works at the R.O.F.L. co-op owned by Iris. She is a nebulae (cloud nymph). She manages Iris-messaging.
  • Hades/Pluto: Is the god of Death and riches and is Hazel's dad.
  • Arion: A super-sonic smart-aleck horse. He can run on water because he is so fast. Can also create a sonic boom with his amazing speed, only one warrior can ride him, Hazel. Cusses constantly.
  • Marie Levesque: Hazel's mother. Dies when Hazel raises cursed metal out of the ground to kill the giant she helped to raise. Was withdrawn and violent while inhabited by Gaia.
  • Sammy Valdez: Hazel's old boyfriend back in New Orleans of 1940.
  • Gwen: Girl at Camp Jupiter
  • Gaea: The goddess of earth. Has a plot to overthrow the world and kill off humanity.
  • Centurion Dakota: Centurion of the fifth cohort at camp Jupiter whose father is Bacchus: God of Wine. Has an addiction to Kool-Aid.
  • Saturn / Kronos: King of the Titans.
  • Circe: Witch who enjoys turning men and boys into pigs and guinea pigs.
  • Grandmother: Franks grandmother.
  • Lulu: Amazon guard.
  • Ma Gasket: Female cyclops.
  • Emily Zhang: Strong, harsh, but understanding and confident old woman. The kind that lose to share old family history and is proud of it.
  • Romulus: Statue guard at Roman Camp Jupiter.
  • Mrs. O'Leary: A pet hellhound.
  • Sally Jackson: Percy Jackson's mom.
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  • “Her name badge read: Hello! My name is DIE, DEMIGOD SCUM!”
    Percy
  • “Percy didn’t know why she kept doing that, but if he ever needed a suit of armor, he was going to make it out of Crispy Cheese ’n’ Wieners. That stuff was indestructible.”
    Percy
  • “She’s so nice! All the other campers are like. ‘Go away, Don.’ But she’s like, ‘Please go away, Don.’ I love her!”
    Don the Faun
  • “Dude," Percy said, "I could eat Prancer and Blitzen, too. I'm *hungry*.”
    Percy
  • “Enough, Dakota. Let's leave Larry's podex out of this.”
    Reyna
  • “Clipboard. Spa. Pirates.”
    Percy
  • “Do you still want to slap me, dear?" she asked. Percy stopped midstream. He let go and dumped the goddess in the river.”
    Hera and Percy
  • “Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate.”
    Frank's Grandma
  • “Percy already felt like the lamest demigod in the history of lame. The purse was the final insult.”
    Percy
  • “It wasn't as hard as they thought. The screaming and the weed whacker helped.”
    Percy
  • “Percy knelt in the bow, steering them toward the ocean with his freaky mind-over-water powers.”
    Hazel
  • “The Pegasus? It'll be fine. Someone must have ordered it. The shipping and handling charges are steep.”
    Kinzie
  • “Wow." Percy handed back the book. "Maybe Mars is different than Ares. I don't think Ares can read.”
    Percy
  • “Annabeth had mentioned it too, back in August, when she'd speculated that the giants might be part of the new Great Prophecy—what the Romans called the Prophecy of Seven. (That was the downside of dating the smartest girl at camp: you learn stuff.)”
    Percy
  • “War is a duty. The only real choice is whether you accept it, and what you fight for.”
    Mars
  • “Great offer. But I think I’ll just kill you instead.”
    Percy
  • “The store had a hand-painted sign that read: MOOSE PASS GAS. "That's just wrong,".”
    Frank
  • “Could you give us a ride north?" Percy asked, "like as close as to Portland as possible?""Eat seals," the whale responded. "Are you seals?""No," Percy admitted. "I've got a man satchel full of macrobiotic beef jerky, though." The whale shuddered."Promise not to feed me this, and I will take you north.""Deal.”
    Percy and a whale (telepathically)
  • “Nice creepy reptile," Frank said, very ware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. "Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.”
    Frank
  • “First, you start carrying a man satchel. Next thing you know, you're running around in a bathrobe and pink bunny slippers, chasing chickens with a weed whacker.”
    Percy
  • “He slaughtered my panda" Percy said, "Yeah, Teddy bears must have nightmares about that guy”
    Percy and Nico
  • “Eight months of his life stolen. Next time Percy saw the Queen of Olympus, he was definitely going to give her a goddess-sized slap upside the head.”
    Percy
  • “Water cannon up my nose!”
    Camper
  • “It's Cupid," Frank said. "A really buff Cupid," Percy agreed.”
    Frank and Percy
  • “The cohorts storm the base while they were sitting around playing mythomagic”
    Narrator
  • “...a horrible scenario flashed through his mind: his body smashing against an SUV's windshield, some annoyed commuter trying to push him off with the wipers. "Stupid sixteen-year-old kid falling from the sky! I'm late!"”
    Percy
  • “"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?"”
    Percy
  • “A good Roman should be in the fray, gutting his enemy with spear and sword like a civilized man!”
    Vitellius
  • “Octavian stood in front with a knife and a Beanie Baby lion, just in case anyone needed to consult the god of cutesy collectibles.”
    Percy
  • “Reyna's hand rested halfway between her dagger and the jelly beans. Percy had a feeling that if she made a sudden move, she wouldn't be grabbing for the candy.”
    Percy
  • “"How'd you hold them off so long?" She pointed to the rock. "A big pile of schist." "Excuse me?"”
    Percy and Hazel
  • “I will trample you to death, silly Chinese Canadian baby man.”
    Arion
  • “You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path-ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.”
    Mars
  • “Welcome to Canada, idiot.”
    Frank
  • “They frolicked around, slamming into each other, breaking fortifications, and generally having an excellent time.”
    Percy
  • “It wasn't easy looking dignified wearing a bed sheet and a purple cape.”
    Percy
  • “Life is only precious because it ends”
    Mars
  • “"Self pity isn't helpful, kid. It isn't worthy of you."”
    Mars
  • “"Is that sarcasm Frank Zhang?" "Yes grandmother" "Good. There may be hope for you yet."”
    Grandma and Frank Zhang
  • ““What are these guys?” he whispered. “Canadians,” Percy said. Frank leaned away from him. “Excuse me?””
    Frank and Percy
  • ““You’re alive!” Frank marveled. Percy frowned. “The fall? That was nothing. I fell twice that far from the St. Louis Arch.””
    Frank and Percy
  • “Just over the river and through the woods”
    Percy and frank
  • “Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction. Yep”
    Ella
  • “"Unfair? You can breath underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes- and it's unfair that I get to be an elephant?"”
    Frank
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Camp Half-Blood: A safe haven for children of the Greek gods.
  • Camp Jupiter: A safe haven for children of the Roman gods.
  • Alaska: Former home of Hazel. Known as the land beyond the gods.
  • Canada: Former home of Frank
  • Portland, OR: Home of Phineas descendent of Neptune
  • Seattle, WA: Home of Hylla, Reyna's sister
  • Fields of Asphodel: a section in the Underworld where the souls of people who lived lives of equal good and evil rests.
  • Elysium: A section of the Underworld where the souls of heroes and good people rest.
  • Fields of Punishment: A section of the Underworld where bad souls rest to be punished.
  • Tartarus: The deepest and darkest pit of the Underworld where the worst souls and monsters are thrown.
  • barracks: A building for military ranks; bunks
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Camp Half-Blood: A safe haven for Greek demigods.
  • Camp Jupiter: A safe haven for children of the Roman gods.
  • The Amazons: A race of warrior women, founders of Amazon.com.
  • R.O.F.L.: Rainbow Organic Food and Lifestyles run by the goddess Iris.

First Sentence edit see section history

The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I Percy
II Percy
III Percy
IV Percy
V Hazel
VI Hazel
VII Hazel
VIII Hazel
IX Frank
X Frank
XI Frank
XII Frank
XIII Percy
XIV Percy
XV Percy
XVI Percy
XVII Hazel
XVIII Hazel
XIX Hazel
XX Hazel
XXI Frank
XXII Frank
XXIII Frank
XXIV Frank
XXV Percy
XXVI Percy
XXVII Percy
XXVIII Percy
XXIX Hazel
XXX Hazel
XXXI Hazel
XXXII Hazel
XXXIII Frank
XXXIV Frank
XXXV Frank
XXXVI Frank
XXXVII Percy
XXXVIII Percy
XXXIX Percy
XL Percy
XLI Hazel
XLII Hazel
XLIII Hazel
XLIV Hazel
XLV Frank
XLVI Frank
XLVII Frank
XLVIII Frank
XLIX Percy
L Percy
LI Percy
LII Percy
Glossary!

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  • Absurdus: out of place, discordant
  • Achilles: the mightiest of the Greek demigods who fought in the Trojan War
  • Aesculapius: the Roman god of medicine and healing
  • Alcyoneus: the eldest of the giants born to Gaea, destined to fight Pluto
  • Amazons: a nation of all-female warriors. Unlike the Hunters, they have men around, only they think of themselves as superior to them, rather than swearing them off
  • Anaklusmos: "Riptide," the Greek name of Percy Jackson's sword
  • Argentum: silver
  • Argonauts: a band of Greek heroes who accompanied the original Jason on his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus
  • Augury: a sign of something coming, an omen; the practice of divining the future
  • Aurae: invisible wind spirits
  • Aurum: gold
  • Basilisk: snake, literally means 'little crown'
  • Bellerophon: a Greek demigod, son of Poseidon, who defeated monsters while riding on Pegasus
  • Bellona: the Roman goddess of war
  • Big Three: the three sons of Kronos in Greek mythology: Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades. Their Roman equivalents are respectively: Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto.
  • Byzantium: the eastern empire that lasted another 1,000 years after Rome fell, under Greek influence
  • Celestial bronze: a rare metal deadly to monsters
  • Centaur: a race of creatures that is half human, half horse
  • Centurion: an officer of the Roman army
  • Cerberus: the three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld
  • Ceres: the Roman goddess of agriculture
  • Charon: the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron, which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead.
  • Cognomen: third name
  • Cohort: a peice of a legion equal to 1/10, 100 to 250 men or woman in each.
  • Cyclops: a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his or her forehead
  • Demigod: also called a half-blood, a demigod is a hybrid of a human and a Classical god.
  • Denarius: the most common coin in the Roman currancy system
  • Drachma: the silver coin of ancient Greece
  • Elysium: the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous in the Underworld
  • Erebos: a place of darkness between Earth and Hades
  • Faun: a Roman forest god, part goat and part man. Greek form: Satyr
  • Fields of Asphodel: the section of the Underworld where the souls of people who lived lives of equal good and evil rest
  • Fields of Punishment: the section of the Underworld where evil souls are eternally tortured
  • Fortuna: the Roman goddess of fortune and good luck
  • Fulminata: armed with lightning. A Roman Legion under Julius Caesar whose emblem was a lightning bolt (fulmen)
  • Gaea: the earth goddess; mother of the Titans, giants, Cyclopes and other monsters. Known to the Romans as Terra
  • Gegenes: earthborn monsters
  • Gladius: a short sword
  • Gorgons: three monstrous sisters (Stheno, Euryale and Medusa) who have hair of living, venomous snakes; Medusa's eyes can turn the beholder to stone
  • Graecus: Greek; enemy; outsider
  • Greaves: shin armor
  • Gris-Gris: a voodoo amulet that protects from evil or brings luck
  • Harpy: a winged female creature that snatches things
  • Hercules: the Roman equivalent of Heracles; the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, who was born with great strength
  • Hyperboreans: peaceful northern giants
  • Ichor: the golden blood of immortals
  • Imperial Gold: a rare metal deadly to monsters, consecrated at the Pantheon; its existence was a closely guarded secret of the emperors
  • Iris: the rainbow goddess
  • Juno: Roman goddess of women, marriage and fertility; sister and wife of Jupiter; mother of Mars. Greek form: Hera
  • Jupiter: Roman king of the gods; also called Jupiter Optimus Maximus (the best and the greatest). Greek form: Zeus
  • Karpoi: grain spirits
  • Laistrygonians: tall cannibals from the north, possibly the source of the Sasquatch legend
  • Lar: house god, ancestral spirit (Lares, pl.)
  • Legion: the major unit of the Roman army, consisting of infantry and cavalry troops
  • Legionnaire: a member of a legion
  • Liberalia: a Roman festival that celebrated a boy's rite of passage into manhood
  • Lupa: the sacred Roman she-wolf that nursed the founding twins Romulusand Remus
  • Mars: the Roman god of war; also called Mars Ultor. Patron of the empire; divine father of Romulus and emus. Greek form: Ares
  • Minerva: Roman goddess of wisdom. Greek form: Athena
  • Mist: hides monsters and magical objects from the view of mortals
  • Mount Othrys: the base of the Titans during the ten-year war with the Olympian gods; Saturn's headquarters
  • Muster: formal militay inspection
  • Nebulae: cloud nymphs
  • Neptune: the Roman god of the sea. Greek form: Poseidon
  • Pallium: a cloak or mantle worn by the Romans
  • Pantheon: a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome
  • Penthesilea: a queen of the Amazons; daughter of Ares and Otrera, the first Amazon queen
  • Periclymenus: a Greek prince of Pylo and a son of Poseidon, who granted him the ability to shape-shift. He was renowned for his strength and participated in the voyage of the Argonauts
  • Phineas: a son of Poseidon, who had the gift of prophecy. When he revealed too much of the plans of the gods, Zeus punished him by blinding him
  • Pilum: a Roman spear
  • Pluto: the Roman god of death and riches. Greek form: Hades
  • Polybotes: the giant son of Gaea
  • Praetor: an elected Roman magistrate and commander of the army
  • Priam: the king of Troy during the Trojan War
  • Principia: the headquarters of a Roman camp
  • Probatio: testing period for a new recruit in a legion
  • Pugio: a roman dagger
  • Queen Hippolyta's Belt: Hippolyta wore a golden waist belt, a gift from her father, Ares, that signified her Amazonian queensi and also gave her strength
  • Retiarius: Roman gladiator who fought with a net and trident
  • River Styx: the river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld
  • Romulus and Remus: the twin sons of Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia, who were thrown in the river Tiber by their human father, Amulius. They were rescued by the she-wolf Lupa and, upon reaching adulthood, founded Rome
  • Saturn: the Roman god of agriculture, the son of Uranus and Gaea and the father of Jupiter. Greek form: Kronos
  • Scorpion Ballista: a Roman missle siege weapon that launched a large projectile at a distant target
  • Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR): “The Senate and People of Rome”; refers to the government of the Roman Republic and is used as an official emblem of Rome
  • Shades: spirits
  • Sibylline books: a collection of prophecies in rhyme written in Greek. Tarquinius Superbus, a king of Rome, bought them from a prophetess named Sibyl and consulted them in times of great danger
  • Spartus: a skeleton warrior
  • Spatha: a cavalry sword
  • Stygian Iron: like Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold, a magical metal capable of killing monsters
  • Tartarus: husband of Gaea; spirit of the abyss; father of the giants; also the lowest region of the world
  • Teriminus: the Roman god of boundaries and landmarks
  • Thanatos: the Greek god of death. Roman form: Letus
  • Tiber River: the third longest river in Italy. Rome was founded on its banks
  • Titans: evil beings of terrible power. They are the father of the gods, and sons of Ouranos
  • Trireme: a type of warship
  • Triumph: a ceremonial procession for Roman generals and their troops in celebration of a great military victory
  • Trojan War: the war that was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta. It started a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite
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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 6 in The Heroes of Olympus. (standard series)

Preceded by The Lost Hero, and followed by The Mark of Athena.

This is book 7 of 8 in Modern Olympians. (universe)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Rick Riordan (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. John Rocco (Cover Artist)
  2. Joann Hill (Designer)
  3. Steve Stone (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 550

Awards edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.R4829 Son 2011
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Action scenes and minor violence. With some kissing and use of foul language.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
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  • The Sea of Monsters
  • The Titan's Curse
  • The Battle of the Labyrinth
  • The Demigod Files
  • The Last Olympian
  • The Lost Hero
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