On the night the twins Heracles and Iphicles were to be born, Hera, knowing of her husband Zeus' adultery, persuaded Zeus to swear an oath that the child born that night to a member of the House of Perseus would become High King. His twin mortal brother, son of Amphitryon, was Iphicles, father of Heracles' charioteer Iolaus. Zeus made love to her after disguising himself as her husband, Amphitryon, home early from war (Amphitryon returned later the same night, and Alcmene became pregnant with his son at the same time.Īs with all of Zeus' many illicit affairs, Hera conspired against Zeus' mortal offspring as revenge for her husband's infidelities. He was the son of the affair Zeus had with the mortal woman Alcmene. Heracles always had a dangerous life, even before he was born, all caused by the goddess Hera, queen of the gods. He was another illegitimate child sired by Zeus, king of the gods. Together with Hermes he was the patron and protector of gymnasia and palaestrae. Heracles used his intellect when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for the king Augeas of Elis, wrestling the giant Antaeus, or tricking Atlas into taking the sky back onto his shoulders.
Heracles was a demigod of extraordinary strength, courage, ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females. After gaining immortality, he married the goddess Hebe. He was a demigod son of Zeus anda mortal woman named Alcmene. Heracles was one of the greatest demigods. Alexiares and Anicetus (guardians of Olympus)Ĭlub, sword, poisonous arrows, his divine strength.But their efforts and sacrifice could all be in vain, for back at Camp Half-Blood, a demigod civil war is brewing.
How can seven demigods possibly stop her? By going to places they were never meant to go and stretching their skills, their friendships, and their very selves to lengths they never thought possible. When she awakens fully, they will be at her side. Monsters, giants, Titans, and the dead–all are escaping from that place to the land above. The Doors of Death, for instance, are now in her control, moved to a place where no demigod dare go: Tartarus. She is manipulating events to increase her power. United, they might have a chance of defeating the enemy that is even now growing in power: Gaea, the primordial goddess of the earth and mother of the giants. When the time comes, they will forge an alliance between the two demigod worlds.
She stole Percy Jackson’s memories, too, and sent him to Camp Jupiter for the same purpose. Soon he will be a bridge between the people of his real home, Camp Jupiter, a Roman demigod camp, and Camp Half-Blood. Hera wiped his memories and arranged for him to come to Camp Half-Blood, the Greek demigod camp, so he could learn their ways. It turns out that Jason isn’t the son of Zeus, but of Jupiter, Zeus’s Roman aspect. And he’s the son of Zeus, which means Zeus broke the pact he made with Poseidon and Hades decades earlier not to have any more demigod children. He uses Roman and Latin terms instead of Ancient Greek. He has a strange tattoo-the letters SPQR-on his arm. For another, his weapons are made of Imperial gold, not Celestial bronze. Piper and Leo fit in well enough at Camp Half-Blood, but Jason is. Then Percy Jackson goes missing, and three new demigods arrive: Jason, Piper, and Leo. But prophecies can take years to come true, and when days and months tick by with no catastrophic events, the demigods of Camp Half-Blood relax. The demigods had just defeated Kronos and his army of Titans, so another prophecy about the world falling wasn’t exactly what they wanted to hear. These are the words of the next Great Prophecy, uttered by Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the new Oracle of Delphi, at the conclusion of The Last Olympian, the final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
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