Chapter 19: We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of | The Lightning Thief

Join Jack and Connor as they follow Percy Jackson and his friends deeper into the underworld. Which of course means Connor has a bunch more to tell you about Hades and its inhabitants! This week, we're discussing the Fields of Elysium and the Asphodel Fields as well as an abridged version of the myth of Hades and Persephone...

This Week's Myths:

• Hades and Persephone/Persephone’s Abduction
• Elysium/The Elysian Plain
• Hades's Helm of Darkness
• Fields of Asphodel

The Oracle's Visions! (Links to sources)

• HADES - The Underworld of Greek Mythology
• HESIOD, WORKS AND DAYS - Theoi Classical Texts Library
• Greek underworld - Wikipedia
• Asphodelus ramosus - Wikipedia
• Homer, Odyssey, Book 11
• Homer, Odyssey, Book 24
• Homer’s Asphodel Meadow
• HADES ESTATE & RETINUE - Greek Mythology
• Hesiod, Shield of Heracles
• APOLLODORUS, BIBLIOTHECA BOOK 1
• ELYSIUM - Islands of the Blessed of Greek Mythology
• Homer, Odyssey, Book 4
• Rhadamanthus - Wikipedia
• Hesiod, Works and Days
• Pindar, Olympian Odes
• Isles of the Blest | Riordan Wiki | Fandom
• Homeric Hymn to Demeter - The Center for Hellenic Studies

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