- Kronos
- Titans
- Zeus/Jupiter
- Tartarus
- Titanomachy
- Kindly Ones
- Fates
- Satyr
- Hades
- Minotaur
- Hercules
- Chiron
- Pegasus
- Hera
- Apollo
- Nymphs
- Dionysus
- Mt. Olympus
- Aphrodite/Venus
- Prometheus
- Centaur
- Underworld
- Hermes
- Nectar and Ambrosia
- Ares
- Oracle
- Naiads
- Athena
- Demeter
- Poseidon
- Hesperides
- Laurel
- Hephaestus
- Artemis
- Styx
- Cerberus
- Orpheus
- Nemesis
- Cyclops
- Rhea
- Trojan War
- Hestia
- Ithaka
- Circe
- Amazons
- Hydra
- Python
- Argus
- Maia
- Jason
- Mt. Etna
- Lethe
- Iliad
- Golden Age
- Medusa
- Gorgons
- Pan
- Shower of Gold
- Nemean Lion
- Zephyr
- Chimera
- Echidna
- Iris
- Cupid
- Metamorphosis
- Arachne
- Amazons
- Arachne
- Ares
- Argus
- Artemis
- Aphrodite/Venus
- Apollo
- Asphodel Fields
- Athena
- Centaur
- Cerberus
- Charon
- Chimera
- Chiron
- Circe
- Cupid
- Cyclops
- Demeter
- Dionysus
- Echidna
- Elysian Fields (Elysium)
- Erebus
- Erymanthian Boar
- Etna
- Fates
- Golden Age
- Golden Fleece
- Gorgons
- Hera
- Hades
- Harpies
- Hera
- Hephaestus
- Hercules
- Hermes
- Hesperides
- Hestia
- Hydra
- Ichor
- Iliad
- Iris
- Ithaka
- Jason
- Jupiter/Zeus
- Kindly Ones
- Kronos
- Laurel
- Lethe
- Lotus
- Oracle
- Orpheus
- Maia
- Medusa
- Metamorphosis
- Minotaur
- 9 Muses
- Mt. Etna
- Naiads
- Nectar and Ambrosia
- Nemean Lion
- Nemesis
- Nereid
- Nymphs
- Mt. Olympus
- Ouranos
- Pan
- Pegasus
- Persephone
- Poseidon
- Procrustes
- Prometheus
- Python
- Rhea
- Satyr
- Shower of Gold
- Sisyphus
- Styx
- Tartarus
- Theseus
- Titanomachy
- Titans
- Trojan War
- Underworld
- Underworld Judges - Minos
- Venus/Aphrodite
- Zephyr
- Zeus/Jupiter
- Lotus
- Nereid
- Procrustes
- Theseus
- Charon
- Erebus
- Asphodel Fields
- Underworld Judges - Minos
- Elysian Fields (Elysium)
- Sisyphus
- Persephone
- Demeter
- Erymanthian Boar
- Ichor
- Golden Fleece
- 9 Muses
- Ouranos
- Harpies
"The Lightning Thief" References to Greek Mythology
List From Book I of Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
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Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (the first volume of Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series) mentions many names familiar from Greek mythology. Here you'll find further information on the explicit mythological references and some more subtle mythological allusions. The order attempts to follow the sequence of mentions in the book. On the following page, you'll find an alphabetical list of Riordan's references to Greek mythology.
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