Quotes About Mythology

Right," I said. "So the baboon, the crocodile…any other pets I should know about?" Amos thought for a moment. "Visible ones? No, I think that's it.

I turned to Annabeth and shook my head in exasperation. "Always Hercules. What is it with Hercules?" Annabeth shrugged. "He had a great publicist.

Piper was maybe the most impressive. She fenced with the giantess Periboia, sword against sword. Despite the fact that her opponent was five times larger, Piper seemed to be holding her own. The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giantess's eyes and calling encouragement to Piper. 'Lovely, my dear. Yes, good. Hit her again!

Coach Hedge shouted, 'Let the movie star go, you big ugly cupcake! Or I'm gonna plant my hoof right up your...

Yes,' she said. 'The Great Prophecy has begun.' Pandemonium broke out.

Huh, said Percy. Never seen Jason fly before. He looks like a blond superman.

Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt. You're a genius, I (Percy) told Annabeth.

In the Duat, Anubis looked as he always had, with his tousled dark hair and lovely brown eyes, but I'd never seen him filled with such rage. I realized that anyone who dared to hurt me would suffer his full wrath, and Walt wasn't going to hold him back.

Your former friend Luke Poseidon corrected. He once promised things like that. He was Hermes's pride and joy. Just bear that in mind Percy. Even the bravest can fall.

Earthshaker, Stormbreaker, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God

It's a training camp," Leo realized. He looked at Aphros in awe. "You train heroes, the same way Chiron does?" Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. "We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name a merhero, and we have trained him or her!" "Oh, sure," Leo said. "Like…um, the Little Mermaid?

Nico realized how ridiculous it sounded. He'd never told anyone about Jules-Albert – not even Hazel. But he kept talking. 'Hades had this idea that I should, you know, try to act like a modern teenager. Make friends. Get to know the twenty-first century. He vaguely understood that mortal parents drive their kids around a lot. He couldn't do that. So his solution was a zombie.

Please tell me your master isn't Aeolus. That airhead? Favonius snorted. No, of course not. He means Eros. Nico's voice turned edgy. Cupid, in Latin. Favonius smiled. Very good, Nico di Angelo. I'm glad to see you again, by the way. It's been a long time.

Um, Grover said. Percy? Yeah? I thought you'd want to know. Yeah? Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that...well...he's hungry.

Oh, he's not like that, said Favonius. Jason flinched. You can read my mind? I don't need to. Favonius tossed his bronze hoop in the air. Everyone has the wrong impression of Cupid... until they meet him.

I wondered if Olympus had gone to a commercial break, or if our ratings had been any good.

You're already married! Hera protested. To me! Curses! said Zeus. Er, I mean, of course, dear.

No more Lastrygonians." Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. "Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep.

Clovis,' Nico growled, 'for the gods' sake, stop dreaming so powerfully!

Pluto's pauldrons," Reyna cursed.

The only thing they had in common was Calypso, and every time Leo thought about that he wanted to punch Percy in the face.

He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers

Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times, all humans had been a combination of male and female. Each person had two heads, four arms, four legs. Supposedly, these combo-humans had been so powerful they made the gods uneasy, so Zeus split them in half—man and woman. Ever since, humans had felt incomplete. They spent their lives searching for their other halves.

Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try and rescue them.