"Un publicista en Nueva York me pidió que escribiera lo que se sobre los dioses Griegos, y yo estaba como, ¿Podemos hacer esto de forma anónima? Porque no necesito a los Olímpicos molestos de nuevo conmigo. Pero si esto te ayuda a conocer tus dioses Griegos y sobrevivir un encuentro con ellos, si alguna vez se presentan frente a ti, entonces creo que escribir esto podría ser mi buena acción de la semana" Así empieza Los Dioses Griegos de Percy Jackson, donde el hijo de Poseidón agrega su propia magia y sarcasmo aparte, a los clásicos. Explica cómo el mundo fue creado, luego le da a sus lectores su propio punto de vista en quien es quien, desde Apolo a Zeus. Percy no se restringe. "Si te gusta el horror, los baños de sangre, mentir, robar, apuñalar por la espalda y el canibalismo, entonces que esperas, porque definitivamente fue la Era de Oro de todo eso". Ilustraciones a full color y dramáticas gracias al galardonado con el Caldecott John Rocco hacen de este libro un obligatorio para las casas, librerías y salones de clases por lo impresionante y entretenido que es.

Anyway, Themis had a good reputation among her brothers and sisters. She could mediate even the worst arguments. She became the Titan of natural law and fairness. She didn’t marry any of her six brothers, which just proves how wise she was.

I know he’s the king of Olympus and all—but trust me, this dude’s ego does not need to get any bigger.

I know. Totally cold. Like a kid is something you can just throw away. But Hera was complicated that way. One day she was the perfect mother. The next day she was throwing babies out the window.

I’m just making this up, but I’m guessing that’s what a teenage goddess would have done before smartphones were invented.

If I tried to tell you about all the ladies he dated, we’d need an extra three hundred pages with a separate index and table of contents. We’d call it Poseidon’s Little Black Book. But it would be too weird for me to talk about all my dad’s girlfriends...

You may be getting the idea that Athena…well, how to put this delicately? She might’ve been the wisdom goddess, but she didn’t always make the smartest choices.

In other words, Aphrodite was born in the wake of the first murder, which tells you something about her true nature.

He was the god of strength and manly courage too, which was kind of funny, since the few times he actually got into one-on-one combat with another god, he ran away like a coward. I guess that’s typical of bullies.

Hephaestus spent nine years under the ocean as Thetis’s personal blacksmith. He enjoyed the work and loved his foster mother, but always in the back of his mind, he wanted revenge on Hera. In his spare time, he worked on a special piece of furniture—a dangerous gift for his dangerous mother— and dreamed of the day he could return to Olympus.

Artemis was worshipped by all kinds of people: pregnant women, little kids, parents, young maidens who wanted protection from gross guys, and of course anyone who hunted, which back then were a lot of folks. Guy or girl, if you hunted, Artemis was on your side—as long as you didn’t trash up the wilderness, and you actually used what you killed. But she was also the goddess of wild animals, so if you went crazy and killed too many animals for no good reason, Artemis would have a few things to say to you.

IT WOULD BE FASTER to list the things Hermes wasn’t the god of, because that guy had a lot going on.

DIONYSUS CONQUERS THE WORLD WITH A REFRESHING BEVERAGE

Besos,