Quotes About Mythology

Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, Hippo! Which I thought was a little late. ~Carter Kane

Laistrygonians. Cannibals. Northern Giants. Sasquatch legend. Yep, yep. They are not birds. Not birds of North America.

Jason's heart lifted when he saw Nico di Angelo on the front lines with the Greeks, slashing his way through a crowd of two-headed men.

The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! -Bacchus

The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice

So, yeah. Our cat was a goddess. What else is new?

That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.

So I saved your life, and you repaid me by raising Kronos. That's fair.

Theophane gave birth to a magical ram named Krysomallos, who for some reason had wool made of gold. Eventually, Krysomallos would be skinned for his fleece, which became known as the Golden Fleece, which means I am related to a sheepskin rug.

Why won't you drown? he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. I'm Poseidon's son, I said. Curse that upstart! I was here first!

How do we beat her? I asked. You pretty much don't, Horus said. She is the incarnation of the sun's wrath. Back in the day when Ra was active, she would have been much more impressive, but still. .She's unstoppable. A born killer. A slaying machine— "Okay, I get it!" I yelled.

You're a Demigod Percy, half god and half mortal!

He raised an eyebrow. You claim not to know me? Of course I'm Thoth. Also called Djehuti. Also called-- I [Sadie] stifled a laugh. Ja-hooty? Thoth looked offended. In Ancient Egyptian, it's a perfectly fine name. The Greeks called me Thoth. Then later they confused me with their god Hermes. Even had the nerve to rename my sacred city Hermopolis, though we're nothing alike. Believe me, if you've ever met Hermes--

That was one of the many reasons she loved him, even if he was an Olympian-sized pain in the podex

Wonderful, Annabeth thought. Her own mother, the most levelheaded Olympian, was reduced to a raving, vicious scatterbrain in a subway station. And, of all the gods who might help them, the only ones not affected by the Greek-Roman schism seemed to be Aphrodite, Nemesis and Dionysus. Love, revenge, wine. Very helpful.

Save yourselves! Percy warned. It is too late for us! Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. oh no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin! Nothing happened. I said, Percy repeated, Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin. Frank stumbled out of nowhere, making a big show of grabbing his throat. oh no, he said, like he was reading from a teleprompter, I am turning into a crazy dolphin.

Enemy giants moved towards the breech, and Tyson picked up the fallen warrior's club. He yelled something to his fellow blacksmiths – probably 'FOR POSEIDON!' – but with his mouth full of peanut butter it sounded like, 'PUH PTEH BUN.' His brethren all grabbed hammers and chisels, yelled, 'PEANUT BUTTER!' and charged behind Tyson into battle.

So now I get the scepter? Jason asked. Cupid laughed. Unfortunately, you could not wield it. Only a child of the Underworld can summon the dead legions. And only an officer of Rome can lead them.

Come on, I said. I've got some questions for Thoth. And then I'm going to punch him in the beak.

If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?

She stared at me. Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb? Yeah, I said. Pretty much exactly like that.

If i'm going to survive, it won't be because i have a lion-skin cloak. I'm not Hercules.

So Beckendorf was pretty popular? Leo asked. I mean-before he blew up?

You named him Fetus? You know in Latin Fetus means happy? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?