Chapter 5: I Get a New Cabin Mate | The Sea of Monsters

This chapter's theme? Torment. Percy and Annabeth are finally home at Camp Half-blood, but things aren't the way they left them. Like in Tantalus's eternal torture, our heroes are left wanting from their return to camp. Meanwhile, Connor and Jack are here to brave the exposition, break down all the important details, and complain about Chiron of course! And to round things out, we're learning all about Tantalus's punishment and what he did to deserve it with a detour into the world of his son, Pelops and some examples of chariot racing in Greek myth.

This Week's Myths:

• Tantalus
• Pelops
• Examples of Chariot Races in Greek Mythology

The Oracle's Visions! (Links to sources)

• Homer, Iliad, Book 23
• Tantalus - Wikipedia
• Homer, Odyssey, Book 11
• Pindar, Olympian Odes
• Euripides, Helen
• Helen (play) - Wikipedia
• GREEK LYRIC I ALCMAN FRAGMENTS - Theoi Classical Texts Library
• Hyginus, Fabulae
• Ovid (43 BC–17) - The Metamorphoses: Book 6
• Pelops - Wikipedia
• Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus) - Wikipedia
• PELOPS - Elean Hero & King of Greek Mythology
• Apollodorus, Epitome
• Pausanias, Description of Greece
• Hyginus, Fabulae (Hyg.+Fab.)
• Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2). Disney Hyperion, 2006.

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