Chapter 7: I Accept Gifts from a Stranger | The Sea of Monsters

For another chapter where our main characters remain in one place, this one really moves things forward! Let us steal a moment of your time as Jack and Connor break down a chapter filled with intrigue as Percy and Annabeth work together once more to make a plan to save Grover and the rest of Camp Half-blood, battle wits against Tantalus, and meet with Hermes, god of messengers. And once you've enjoyed all the depth that this chapter has to offer, Connor is back with some rather unique myths this week that you won't want to miss! Connor is correcting Rick's mythological retelling of the story of the origins of the Golden Fleece, discussing hospitality in the ancient world, and even touching the surface of the modern mythology of the Bermuda Triangle.

This Week's Myths:

• Xenia, Hospitality in Ancient Greece
• The Bermuda Triangle
• Phrixus and Helle

The Oracle's Visions! (Links to sources)

• Xenia (Greek) - Wikipedia
• ZEUS TITLES & EPITHETS - Ancient Greek Religion
• Homer, Odyssey, Book 14
• Pausanias, Description of Greece, Book 3, Chapter 11
• Hospitium - Wikipedia
• Bermuda Triangle - Wikipedia
• Europa (consort of Zeus) - Wikipedia
• CHRYSOMALLUS (Khrysomallos) - Golden-Fleeced Ram of Greek Mythology
• Phrixus - Wikipedia
• Apollodorus, Library (Apollod.)
• Hyginus, Fabulae (Hyg.+Fab.)
• Ovid (43 BC–17) - Fasti: Book III
• Nephele - Wikipedia
• Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2). Disney Hyperion, 2006.

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