Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What an interesting idea . . . No, just kidding, Dad. Put away the lightning bolt.

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!

The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.

Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.

The House is in the house" Chapter 38

I (Percy) set Nico on guard duty with Beckendorf and the Stoll brothers, figuring he'd be safely out of the way. ... "What's happening?" Nico demanded, trying to climb up next to me.

Think positive girl, or the world ends.