Missing Myths?

[Sophia Anya Lee]

Has anyone noticed a ton of myths missing from the PJO books? Like a prominent one that irks me:

When Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant and that Zeus was the father, she banned Leto from giving birth on "terra firma", or the mainland, or any island. In her wanderings, Leto found the newly created floating island of Delos, which was neither mainland nor a real island, and she gave birth there. The island was surrounded by swans. Afterwards, Zeus secured Delos to the bottom of the ocean. This island later became sacred to Apollo.

It is also stated that Hera kidnapped Ilithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth of Apollo, or that Artemis was born one day before Apollo, on the island of Ortygia and that she helped Leto cross the sea to Delos the next day to give birth to Apollo. Apollo was born on the seventh day (ἡâäïìáãåíçò) of the month Thargelion —according to Delian tradition— or of the month Bysios— according to Delphian tradition. The seventh and twentieth, the days of the new and full moon, were ever afterwards held sacred to him.

If Artemis is older than Apollo, why does he call her 'little sis'? And why does Artemis only counter this by saying, 'we're twins' instead of 'I'm older'?

[Thai M. Zoofquesque]

Kronos isn't evil, either. D: He's the god of time, a power-hungry idiot, and that's the lot.

Also, Atlas was turned into stone because some gods had pity on him! So how could he be the General in Titan's Curse?

And a manticore isn't even Greek...

*rantrantrant*

[Sophia Anya Lee]

Yes, I remember the Atlas part. Grr, Riordan.

[Ellen]

Also, Chiron died, he gave up immortality after Heracles hit him with an arrow poisoned with Hydra blood, and the pain became to much to bare

[Sophia Anya Lee]

That was explained somewhere. *searches memory*

[Ellen]

Was it? shoot, it was probably first one, it's the only one I don't know back to front

[Sophia Anya Lee]

Yeah, it was.

"Aeons ago the gods granted me my wish ... to remain immortal as long as I teach"

Something like that.

[Ellen]

Ah, that fits

I don't own the first one thought, that's why i've not read it as much, I've got all the others

[somehero]

All of the gods seem calmer in the books than in the myths, and in the myths...I would call them crazy.

I think it is because--half of the big myths are actually inapropriate (sp).

[Katheryn Rose♥]

Mar 15, 2009 3:05:15 GMT -5 @somehero said:

All of the gods seem calmer in the books than in the myths, and in the myths...I would call them crazy.

I think it is because--half of the big myths are actually inapropriate (sp).

Yeah. I think so ... maybe to make it more understandable and realistic for really young kids how read PJO? I don't think the little one's parents would approve very much of the real myth being thrown in their faces.

[Ellen]

I dunno, I still recon the gods are pretty cannon compared to what I've seen on some Greek myth shows *couch* Class of the Titans *cough*

[poseidon]

The myths not only had to be touched up a bit for younger audiences but also it must have been authors choice since he had to not only include certain and appropriate myths so that it counted as a Greek myth/fiction genre but also he had to add his own two cents to make it original and probably did not have much time to add so many myths even if that meant he had to leave some popular ones out.