The Myths Behind Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse
Artemis and her Hunters, Atlas, the Nemean Lion, Ladon, the Hesperides, Mount Othrys and Kronos: what Rick Riordan took from ancient myth, and what he invented.
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Read the Myths Behind the Story
Epics, novels and games, set beside the ancient sources they draw on.
The Odyssey: A Guide to Homer's Epic
Odysseus's route from Troy to Ithaca, a book-by-book summary of Homer's poem, and the gods, monsters and mortals he meets, linked to their entries.
Who's Who in Hades II: The Mythology Behind the Game
Melinoë, Hecate, Chronos and Cronus, Nemesis, Moros, Thanatos and Nyx: which Hades II characters come from ancient sources, and what the game invents.
About the guides
Each guide reads a modern retelling or an ancient epic against its sources, then links every figure, creature and place it mentions to its entry in the atlas. Looking for a single domain instead? See the gods by domain, from war and love to the sea and the dead.