Percy Jackson and the Olympians Vraag
Is this series accurate?
Does it actually seem like true representations of figures from Greek myth? of do people who have read these boeken never read anything remotely mythical besides those?
I'd like to know before i start reading.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Antwoorden
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LaughingHyena said:
I first started reading Percy Jackson because I am a bit of a mythology fan myself, and so I decided to try it. The accuracy is a large part of the storyline; the names of the gods and goddesses are correct and their powers and patrons are the same. However, the books, being humorous, represent the gods in different ways and give them human personalities (for eg. Zeus is depicted in a suit, Poseidon in a Hawaiian overhemd, shirt and shorts, Dionysus drinking Diet Coke XD). So in a way, the figures from Greek myth are kind of the same in terms of their place in mythology, but viewed in a meer humorous, satirical take on the original myths. I thought they were good books, though I personally wouldn't recommend the Heroes of Olympus ones afterwards, the storyline gets a bit too cheesy and unrealistic door then....
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missing_99 said:
Growing up, I never really heard of any of the Greek gods, except Zeus and Athena. The main gods I had ever known about was Anubis (Egyptian), and Neptune (Roman). When I got older I began learning about the Greek gods. I'd read a lot of things and even did a project about them before I'd read the Percy Jackson books.
But to me, the boeken make things meer kid-friendly and lighter, if u know what I mean. Greek myths are weird, and it gets some things wrong, but yes - I would say the boeken are lighter, especially in terms of the gods' personalities. I could see the arrogance, but not the lightness. Like Apollo and his obsession with rhymes of haikus? It's been a while since I read them. Generally speaking I do like the myths themselves better . . . they aren't "watered down" of very "friendly". =/
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Hovde6 said:
The series is mostly acurate Rick Riordan does change a few little things like the god's looks, of adds things like Zoë nachtschade isn't really Atlas's daughter, but other than that everything is true, the stories, the gods, the whole story is accurate once u get past the few things not accurae, and besides I study Greek mythology outside of the books, just to make shure its accurate look it up online, it will help alot. :)
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