Percy Jackson
- Rick Riordan
- The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian
- Early 1990's
- Over the course of four years
- Second Series: Heroes of Olympus & Graphic Novel
Classic vs. Contemporary Novels
Differences
The Odyssey
- Time
- Place
- Characters/ Personality
- People actually surviving the story vs. basically everyone dying
- Different types of mythology
- Homer
- 1200 BC to around 800 BC. / the Homeric Age
- Took place over 10 years
- Inspired by both mythology and real life events: Trojan War and Gods
Rick Riordan
Similarities
- For his son
- Can relate to young readers
- Fixed mythology to have a modern theme
- New and easy
- Travel Narrative
- The influence/mischief of the Gods
- A Hero's Tale - trails
- The use of real mythology