The Burning Maze

by Rick Riordan

  Ares the Greek god of war; the son of Zeus and Hera, and half brother to Athena; Roman form: Mars

  Argo II a flying trireme built by the Hephaestus cabin at Camp Half-Blood to take the demigods of the Prophecy of Seven to Greece

  Artemis the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon; the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Apollo

  Asclepius the god of medicine; son of Apollo; his temple was the healing centre of Ancient Greece

  Athena the Greek goddess of wisdom

  Bellona a Roman goddess of war; daughter of Jupiter and Juno

  blemmyae a tribe of headless people with faces in their chests

  Britomartis the Greek goddess of hunting and fishing nets; her sacred animal is the griffin

  cabrito roasted or stewed kid goat meat

  caligae (caliga, sing.) Roman military boots

  Caligula the nickname of the third of Rome’s emperors, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, infamous for his cruelty and carnage during the four years he ruled, from 37 to 41 CE; he was assassinated by his own guard

  Camp Half-Blood the training ground for Greek demigods, located in Long Island, New York

  Camp Jupiter the training ground for Roman demigods, located in California, between the Oakland Hills and the Berkeley Hills

  Cave of Trophonius a deep chasm, home to the Oracle Trophonius

  Celestial bronze a powerful magical metal used to create weapons wielded by Greek gods and their demigod children

  Chicago Black Sox eight members of the Chicago White Sox, a Major League Baseball team, accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money

  Claudius Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE, succeeding Caligula, his nephew

  Commodus Lucius Aurelius Commodus was the son of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius; he became co-emperor when he was sixteen and emperor at eighteen, when his father died; he ruled from 177 to 192 CE and was megalomaniacal and corrupt; he considered himself the New Hercules and enjoyed killing animals and fighting gladiators at the Colosseum

  Cyclops (Cyclopes, pl.) a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his or her forehead

  Daedalus a skilled craftsman who created the Labyrinth on Crete in which the Minotaur (part man, part bull) was kept

  Daphne a beautiful naiad who attracted Apollo’s attention; she transformed into a laurel tree in order to escape him

  Delos a Greek island in the Aegean Sea near Mykonos; birthplace of Apollo

  Demeter the Greek goddess of agriculture; a daughter of the Titans Rhea and Kronos

  denarius (denarii, pl.) a unit of Roman currency

  Dionysus Greek god of wine and revelry; the son of Zeus

  Doors of Death the doorway to the House of Hades, located in Tartarus; the doors have two sides – one in the mortal world, and one in the Underworld

  dryad a spirit (usually female) associated with a certain tree

  Edesia Roman goddess of banquets

  Edsel a car produced by Ford from 1958 to 1960; it was a big flop

  Elysium the paradise to which Greek heroes were sent when the gods gave them immortality

  empousa a winged bloodsucking monster, daughter of the goddess Hecate

  Enceladus a giant, son of Gaia and Ouranos, who was the primary adversary of the goddess Athena during the War of the Giants

  Erymanthian Boar a giant wild boar that terrorized people on the island of Erymanthos until Hercules subdued it in the third of his twelve labours

  Erythraean Sibyl a prophetess who presided over Apollo’s Oracle at Erythrae in Ionia

  Euterpe Greek goddess of lyric poetry; one of the Nine Muses; daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne

  Feronia the Roman goddess of wildlife, also associated with fertility, health and abundance

  Furies goddesses of vengeance

  Gaia the Greek earth goddess; wife of Ouranos; mother of the Titans, giants, Cyclopes and other monsters

  Germanicus adoptee of the Roman emperor Tiberius; became a prominent general of the Roman empire, known for his successful campaigns in Germania; father of Caligula

  gladius a stabbing sword; the primary weapon of Roman foot soldiers

  Golden Fleece the much-coveted fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which was held in Colchis by King Aeëtes and guarded by a dragon until Jason and the Argonauts retrieved it

  Hades the Greek god of death and riches; ruler of the Underworld

  Hadrian the fourteenth emperor of Rome; ruled from 117 to 138 CE; known for building a wall that marked the northern limit of Britannia

  harpy a winged female creature that snatches things

  Hecate goddess of magic and crossroads

  Hecuba queen of Troy, wife of King Priam, ruler during the Trojan War

  Helen of Troy a daughter of Zeus and Leda and considered the most beautiful woman in the world; she sparked the Trojan War when she left her husband Menelaus for Paris, a prince of Troy

  Helios the Titan god of the sun; son of the Titan Hyperion and the Titaness Theia

  Hephaestus the Greek god of fire, including volcanic, and of crafts and blacksmithing; the son of Zeus and Hera, and married to Aphrodite; Roman form: Vulcan

  Hera the Greek goddess of marriage; Zeus’s wife and sister; Apollo’s stepmother

  Heracles the Greek equivalent of Hercules; the son of Zeus and Alcmene; born with great strength

  Hercules the Roman equivalent of Heracles; the son of Jupiter and Alcmene; born with great strength

  Hermes Greek god of travellers; guide to spirits of the dead; god of communication

  Herophile the daughter of a water nymph; she had such a lovely singing voice that Apollo blessed her with the gift of prophecy, making her the Erythraean Sibyl

  Hestia Greek goddess of the hearth and home

  Hyacinthus a Greek hero and Apollo’s lover, who died while trying to impress Apollo with his discus skills

  hydra a many-headed water serpent

  Hypnos Greek god of sleep

  Imperial gold a rare metal deadly to monsters, consecrated at the Pantheon; its existence was a closely guarded secret of the emperors

  Incitatus the favourite horse of Roman emperor Caligula

  Janus the Roman god of beginnings, openings, doorways, gates, passages, time and endings; depicted with two faces

  Jupiter the Roman god of the sky and king of the gods; Greek form: Zeus

  Katoptris Greek for mirror; a dagger that once belonged to Helen of Troy

  khanda a double-edged straight sword; an important symbol of Sikhism

  kusarigama a traditional Japanese weapon consisting of a sickle attached to a chain

  Kymopoleia Greek goddess of violent storm waves; daughter of Poseidon

  La Ventana a performance and event venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Labyrinth an underground maze originally built on the island of Crete by the craftsman Daedalus to hold the Minotaur

  legionnaire a member of the Roman army

  Leto mother of Artemis and Apollo with Zeus; goddess of motherhood

  Little Tiber the barrier of Camp Jupiter

  Lucrezia Borgia the daughter of a pope and his mistress; a beautiful noblewoman who earned the reputation of being a political schemer in fifteenth-century Italy

  Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 CE; father of Commodus; considered the last of the ‘Five Good Emperors’

  Mars the Roman god of war; Greek form: Ares

  Medea a Greek enchantress, daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and granddaughter of the Titan sun god, Helios; wife of the hero Jason, whom she helped obtain the Golden Fleece

  Mefitis a goddess of foul-smelling gasses of the earth, especially worshipped in swamps and volcanic areas

  Meliai Greek nymphs of the ash tree, born of Gaia; they nurtured and raised Zeus in Crete

  Michelangelo an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance; a towering genius in the his
tory of Western art; among his many masterpieces, he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

  Minotaur the part-man, part-bull son of King Minos of Crete; the Minotaur was kept in the Labyrinth, where he killed people who were sent in; he was finally defeated by Theseus

  Mount Olympus home of the Twelve Olympians

  Mount Vesuvius a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy that erupted in the year 79 CE, burying the Roman city of Pompeii under ash

  Naevius Sutorius Macro a prefect of the Praetorian Guard from 31 to 38 CE, serving under the emperors Tiberius and Caligula

  Neos Helios Greek for new sun, a title adopted by the Roman emperor Caligula

  Nero ruled as Roman Emperor from 54 to 58 CE; he had his mother and his first wife put to death; many believe he was responsible for setting a fire that gutted Rome, but he blamed the Christians, whom he burned on crosses; he built an extravagant new palace on the cleared land and lost support when construction expenses forced him to raise taxes; he committed suicide

  Nine Muses goddesses who grant inspiration for and protect artistic creation and expression; daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; as children, they were taught by Apollo; their names are Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope

  Niobids children who were slain by Apollo and Artemis when their mother, Niobe, boasted about having more offspring than Leto, the twins’ mother

  nunchaku originally a farm tool used to harvest rice, an Okinawan weapon consisting of two sticks connected at one end by a short chain or rope

  nymph a female deity who animates nature

  Oracle of Delphi a speaker of the prophecies of Apollo

  Oracle of Trophonius a Greek who was transformed into an Oracle after his death; located at the Cave of Trophonius; known for terrifying those who seek him

  Orthopolis the only child of Plemnaeus who survived birth; disguised as an old woman, Demeter nursed him, ensuring the boy’s survival

  Ouranos the Greek personification of the sky; husband of Gaia; father of the Titans

  Palatine Hill the most famous of Rome’s seven hills; considered one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Ancient Rome, it was home to aristocrats and emperors

  Pan the Greek god of the wild; the son of Hermes

  pandai (pandos, sing.) a tribe of men with gigantic ears, eight fingers and toes, and bodies covered with hair that starts out white and turn black with age

  parazonium a triangular-bladed dagger sported by women in Ancient Greece

  Petersburg a Civil War battle in Virginia in which an explosive charge designed to be used against the Confederates led to the deaths of 4,000 Union troops

  phalanx a body of heavily armed troops in close formation

  Philip of Macedon the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BCE until his assassination in 336 BCE; father of Alexander the Great

  physician’s cure a concoction created by Asclepius, god of medicine, to bring someone back from the dead

  Plemnaeus the father of Orthopolis, whom Demeter reared to ensure that he would flourish

  Pompeii a Roman city that was destroyed in 79 CE when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried it under ash

  Poseidon the Greek god of the sea; son of the Titans Kronos and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus and Hades

  praetor an elected Roman magistrate and commander of the army

  praetorian guard a unit of elite Roman soldiers in the Imperial Roman Army

  princeps Latin for first citizen or first in line; the early Roman emperors adopted this title for themselves, and it came to mean prince of Rome

  Python a monstrous dragon that Gaia appointed to guard the Oracle at Delphi

  River Styx the river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld

  Sarpedon a son of Zeus who was a Lycian prince and a hero in the Trojan War; he fought with distinction on the Trojan side but was slain by the Greek warrior Patroclus

  Saturnalia an Ancient Roman festival held in December in honour of the god Saturn, the Roman equivalent of Kronos

  satyr a Greek forest god, part goat and part man

  scimitar a saber with a curved blade

  shuriken a ninja throwing star; a flat, bladed weapon used as a dagger or to distract

  Sibyl a prophetess

  situla Latin for bucket

  Spartan a citizen of Sparta, or something belonging to Sparta, a city-state in Ancient Greece with military dominance

  strix (strixes, pl.) a large blood-drinking owl-like bird of ill omen

  Stygian iron a rare magical metal capable of killing monsters

  Styx a powerful water nymph; the eldest daughter of the sea Titan, Oceanus; goddess of the Underworld’s most important river; goddess of hatred; the River Styx is named after her

  Tarquin Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the seventh and final king of Rome, reigning from 535 BCE until 509, when, after a popular uprising, the Roman Republic was established

  Temple of Castor and Pollux an ancient temple in the Roman Forum in Rome, erected in honour of the twin demigod children of Jupiter and Leda and dedicated by the Roman general Aulus Postumius, who won a great victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus

  Terpsichore Greek goddess of dance; one of the Nine Muses

  Thermopylae a mountain pass near the sea in northern Greece that was the site of several battles, the most famous being between the Persians and the Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480–479 BCE

  Tiber River the third-longest river in Italy; Rome was founded on its banks; in Ancient Rome, criminals were thrown into the river

  Titans a race of powerful Greek deities, descendants of Gaia and Ouranos, that ruled during the Golden Age and were overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians

  tragus (tragi, pl.) a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear

  trireme a Greek warship, having three tiers of oars on each side

  triumvirate a political alliance formed by three parties

  Trojan War According to legend, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband, Menelaus, king of Sparta

  Trophonius demigod son of Apollo, designer of Apollo’s temple at Delphi, and spirit of the Dark Oracle; he decapitated his half brother Agamethus to avoid discovery after their raid on King Hyrieus’s treasury

  Troy a pre-Roman city situated in modern-day Turkey; site of the Trojan War

  Underworld the kingdom of the dead, where souls go for eternity; ruled by Hades

  ventus (venti, pl.) storm spirits

  Vulcan the Roman god of fire, including volcanic, and of blacksmithing; Greek form: Hephaestus

  Waystation a place of refuge for demigods, peaceful monsters and Hunters of Artemis, located above Union Station in Indianapolis, Indiana

  Zeus the Greek god of the sky and the king of the gods; Roman form: Jupiter

  THE ADVENTURE NEVER STOPS …

  THE GREEK GODS ARE ALIVE AND KICKING!

  They still fall in love with mortals and bear children with immortal blood in their veins. When Percy Jackson learns he’s the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, he must travel to Camp Half-Blood – a secret base dedicated to the training of young demigods.

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE SEA OF MONSTERS

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN’S CURSE

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE LAST OLYMPIAN

  THE DEMIGOD FILES

  CAMP HALF-BLOOD CONFIDENTIAL

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE GREEK GODS

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE GREEK HEROES

  PERCY JACKSON IS BACK!

  Percy and his old friends from Camp Half-Blood join forces with new Roman demigods from Camp Jupiter for a deadly new mission: to prevent the all-powerful Earth Mother, Gaia, from awakening from her millennia-long sleep to bring about the e
nd of the world.

  THE LOST HERO

  THE SON OF NEPTUNE

  THE MARK OF ATHENA

  THE HOUSE OF HADES

  THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS

  THE DEMIGOD DIARIES

  AN OLYMPIAN HAS FALLEN!

  The god Apollo has been cast down from Olympus in the body of a teenage boy. With the help of friends like Percy Jackson and familiar faces from Camp Half-Blood, he must complete a series of harrowing trials to save the world from a dangerous new enemy.

  THE HIDDEN ORACLE

  THE DARK PROPHECY

  THE BURNING MAZE

  THE GODS OF EGYPT AWAKEN!

  When an explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta Stone and unleashes Set, the Egyptian god of chaos, only Carter and Sadie Kane can save the day. T heir quest takes the pair around the globe in a battle against the gods of Ancient Egypt.

  THE RED PYRAMID

  THE THRONE OF FIRE

  THE SERPENT’S SHADOW

  BROOKLYN HOUSE MAGICIAN’S MANUAL

  THE GODS OF ASGARD ARISE!

  After being killed in battle with a fire giant, Magnus Chase finds himself resurrected in Valhalla as one of the chosen warriors of the Norse god Odin. The gods of Asgard are preparing for Ragnarok – the Norse doomsday – and Magnus has a leading role …

  MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SWORD OF SUMMER

  MAGNUS CHASE AND THE HAMMER OF THOR

  MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SHIP OF THE DEAD

  HOTEL VALHALLA: GUIDE TO THE NORSE WORLDS

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