Percy, Jason, and Piper travel into an underground area beneath the Colosseum and battle the twin giants, Otis and Ephialtes, the anti-Dionysus. Annabeth has to find the Athena Parthenos by following the Mark of Athena and battle its guardian Arachne.

The seven demigods then cross the pillars and sail into Rome. She brings forth a pile of supplies, and Hercules gets trapped in the supplies. Even though it was Hercules who ordered them to cut it off, Piper decided that Hercules did not deserve the horn and keeps it for herself. They meet Hercules near the pillars, or the entrance to Rome, and Piper and Jason get the second horn of Achelous, the bull-headed river god. After coming back and hearing their stories the seven speed off to Rome. Leo, Frank, and Hazel go underwater and find the icthyocentaurs, Chiron's brothers. During the trip they get attacked by a huge shrimp-like monster. The seven reach the ship and leave safely to go to Chiron's brothers, who live in the sea. Reyna begs Annabeth to come with her and die a painful death to save her camp, but Annabeth tells Reyna that she will only follow the mark.

Annabeth meets Reyna in Fort Sumter who was there to retrieve a map which will save her friends. After their talk, the angry Romans come, and war breaks out. Aphrodite tells them about their love lives and the other Olympians that are suffering from being confused about their Roman or Greek identity. Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel go to Battery Park to find a mysterious ghost, which happened to be Aphrodite. And from the information they received from Phorcys they left for Charleston. Eventually Percy, Frank and Coach Hedge fight them off. There they were to meet Phorc ys and Keto. On they way there Piper uses her charm-speaking ability to make the Eidolons, the spirits that had possessed Leo, Jason, and Percy. After running back they take off and leave to Atlanta. Where they found Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, and got lead off to fight nymphs and Narcissus. Meanwhile, Leo and Hazel went to search for gold and other items essential for repair of the ship. Piper soon breaks up the fight but both Percy and Jason were knocked out. Then Percy and Jason get possessed by Gaea's evil wind spirits and the spirits force Percy and Jason to fight each other. With Piper's visions they stopped at a place nearby and met Bacchus, wine wine god, who gave them advice but soon fled realizing he was in a trap. They find out it was Leo who fired against New Rome. After a lot of confusion and fighting Romans they fled but not without the ship getting damaged. But then the Greek warship, Argo 2, fires at New Rome. He's got his memories back, he's preator of New Rome, his girlfriend is back, and the Romans are treating them normally. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare.Percy thinks everything is going to be perfect. Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side. What more does Athena want from her?Īnnabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find-and close-the Doors of Death. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.Īnd that's only one of her worries. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy-after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera-it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus #3)Īnnabeth is terrified.

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