Believe me, I couldn’t make up stuff this weird.
I got all these stories straight from the Ancient Greek and Roman dudes who wrote them down in the first place. I’m going to tell you the versions that make the most sense to me. Just go easy on me while I’m telling you about the gods, all right? There’s like forty bajillion different versions of the myths, so don’t be all Well, I heard it a different way, so you’re WRONG! My story has already been written down in some books that are total fiction (wink, wink) and I am just a character from the story (cough-yeah, right-cough). I’m a modern-day demigod-a half-god, half-mortal son of Poseidon-but I’m not going to say much about myself. If you don’t know me, my name is Percy Jackson. I HOPE I’M GETTING EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS.Ī publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, “Can we do this anonymously? Because I don’t need the Olympians mad at me again.”īut if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Arthur Rackham, and Frank Frazetta To my father, Rick Riordan, Sr., who read me my first book of mythology Hephaestus Makes Me a Golden Llama (Not Really, but He Totally Should)Īpollo Sings and Dances and Shoots Peopleĭionysus Conquers the World with a Refreshing Beverage Hyperion Books, 125 West End Avenue, New York, New York 10023.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.Illustrations copyright © 2014 by John RoccoĪll rights reserved. Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, illustrated by John Rocco Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Five: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Four: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Three: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Two: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book One:
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