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Fun fact: in the original book Percy saw the water below him and jumped from the arch. This makes no sense because, unknown to the author at the time, the St. Louis Arch doesn't actually sit directly over the Mississippi. In order for Percy to have made it from the arch, he would've had to be falling at like a 30 degree angle all the way down. Hence why, in this series, they changed it so he fell and the river reached out to grab him.

"I thought it was over water!" Yeah, so did Rick Riordan lmao

On Athena, she is Goddess of Wisdom and good counsel, war, the defense of towns, heroic endeavor, weaving, pottery and various other crafts. So, yes, she is the goddess of war. Aaron was correct on that.

The impertinence isn't them killing Medusa, it's them sending the head to Olypmus.

FYI: Echidna is not a goddess, she is a monster (half woman, half snake) that is called mother of monsters because she gave birth to many other monsters.

10:19 Rick Riordan thought the same - in the book, Percy jumps in.

I think their overlooking Percy being upset his father is absent because he’s just a kid, who’s had a shitty step dad and no real father figure.

can i just say, i really love janci and aaron's dynamic throughout these reactions. they really play off each other well during discussions and its really fun to watch them go back and forth on their thoughts and opinions

Athena is often depicted as a good willed Goddess, patron of a lot of heroes like Aquilles and Odysseus, the protector of Athens. But she was also incredibly spiteful as we saw with Medusa and she had no problem endorsing wars, she organized the Greeks against Troy after Paris didn’t choose her as the most beautiful.

Calvin saying he thought it was over water😭 so did the author

FYI, The Underworld (Hades) is not Hell. All of the dead, the good, the bad, and the meh, go there. The Good go to Elysium, the bad go to the Fields of Punishment, and the rest are in Asphodel.

I think my favorite way I've ever seen Athena described is "Ares with braincells". Also, Athena is technically one of the maiden goddesses, so in my head, I've always imagined that Athena admires her kids' mortal parents- their intelligence, their potential, etc.- and bases her brain-children off of that. I don't usually think of her as having any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with mortals, it's more of an appreciation/respect/friendship that she wants to honor.

Yeah, it was Nereid the one that talked to Percy (not a mermaid since they aren't in greek mythology nor a Siren), although it seems that she was in disguise as some kind of Jellyfish, she is actually a sea goddess. In the books she looked like Percy's mom, so it was a nice touch that she said the same words as Sally did to young Percy in the flashback. The Nereids are the 50 sea goddess, one of them being Poseidon's wife Amphitrite. It is kinda interesting that Poseidon sent one of his sisters in law to save Percy.

Aaron is right! Among Athena's titles is 100% Goddess of War

Athena punishing her daughter for what Percy did just like she punished Medusa for what Poseidon did I call her the GODDESS OF PETTY

I think this is much more closer to the books in comparison to the Movies. Maybe not perfect, but still sooooo much better than the movies :)

They point out the hedgehog thing in the book and Echidna gets upset about it

wisdom Athena was one of the twelve chief Olympian deities and the goddess associated with wisdom, craft, and warfare. In wars-where she was most commonly depicted-Athena embodied cold rationality, tactics, and strategy. Athena's cold logic stood in direct contrast to her brother Ares' rage, violence, and impulsiveness

33:29 It's not like a force push. If you do a rewatch, you will notice the water fountain spouts kinda grabbed Nancy and pulled her backwards.

Athena is the goddess of war and wisdom

So lets clarify something that was said in the beginning....because people making incorrect statements as if they are facts makes my eye twitch and because I have no life....Aaron is right, drowning is what happens through the inhalation of liquid (for this example). When you are underwater holding your breath...you do so until your unconscious, then your body automatically tries to breathe.....Water gets in your lungs and you drown. You will never see a case where someone "drowned" in water and their lungs are dry. Its actually not possible, under normal conditions, to die from holding your breath.

I love Calvin getting more and more upset about poisonous/venomous. I hate it too.

Love Calvins persistent on venomous, and the show used poisonous details are important

I know the author originally thought the arch was over the Mississippi, which is why they changed it to a water spout grabbing him, but it’s funny to me that Calvin was saying he was kinda confused bc he thought the same thing when you could clearly see grass below when he’s dangling from the bottom lol

This episode was criminally short but it was soooo good, inlove the sequence of action and how it ended too. About Percy and poseidon....i feel like he's mad because he wasnt there you know? Even if you can rationalize why he wasnt there thrres still the emotional aspect of it, how he grew 12 ywars without him

Rick just needed a way to have children of Athena while keeping her a virgin goddess, so he made it so her children are just made from a thought. In the books, when Percy asks about this, Annabeth deflects by being like "do you really want to talk about the specifics of my birth", so Rick didn't have to explain himself lol

I’ve been to the arch and the steps are closed off and are only in case of emergency. Everyone has to take the little pods unless there is an emergency. Also the whole buffalo and Native American exhibit is under the arch.

“I thought it was over water that was gonna be perfect” yeah so did Rick Riordan 😂😂

Ares: God of war like in aggression, pure force on combat and such. Athena: Goddess of war in the strategic sense.

He didn’t know he could breathe till now underwater

6:40 she wisdom, warfare (not war she’s the strategist) and architecture along with minor things like owl

There *is* technically a variant of Aphrodite in history who is a goddess of war, called Aphrodite Areia (Aphrodite the Warlike). It's one of her earliest portrayals, but it unfortunately fell out of favor the more Athens became powerful (Incidentally why they also liked to dunk on Ares, since both were predominantly worshipped in Sparta)

I listened to a podcast interview with echidna's actress, and I think it's an example of how these showrunners are elevating the source material by an impressive amount. book echidna felt pretty throwaway for being one of the most powerful monsters the trio meets, and even without transforming or anything, series echidna really sells her power and her role is so well-tied to the family themes. the actress talked about how echidna in this episode is meant to contrast the godly parents; directly involving herself in her pup's development while the gods act distant to their children.. also love the arch being a temple to athena and how annabeth's 'punishment' proves medusa right in the end.. fun book fact; in the book, percy jumps off the arch and falls directly into the water- which was pointed out as being impossible.. when asked about it, rick riordan just admitted that he thought the arch was closer to the river and that it was a mistake😅 guess he got the chance to correct it here.

Athena is the goddess of classical arts (including architecture, weaving, etc.) as well as Defensive Warfare (which is where she butts head with her half-brother Ares.

Even though it's called the Willis Tower now, I don't think I've heard anyone call it that yet. We still call it the Sears Tower

The museum under the Arch is focused on Lewis and Clark expedition and the expansion west after the Louisiana Purchase.

Up until this point in the show, I was pretty neutral towards Grover but he really starts to win me over this episode. Last week, this became my favorite episode! I love that they showed the Chihuahua because in the books it is a Chihuahua that grows into a Chimera in front of Percy's eyes and some humans. So when I saw the Chihuahua, I laughed so hard! "I thought it was over water" Rick thought the same thing than Calvin. He thought the Mississippi River was under the Arch so in the book he made Percy literally "plunge" to his death. So he rectified his mistake here by making Percy "fall to his death" instead and Poseidon saving him. Percy is scared and doesn't trust his dad, which is also why he falls through the hole and struggles to accept himself just like the water nymph said. Short episode (the runtime is all over the place) but love to see a longer discussion. Gods do suck as being parents! The Chimera is young. The design is awesome. Almost identical to the description in the book "head of a lion, body of a goat, snake tail". Here we have body and head of a lion, goat horns, reptilian tail and if you pause at the right time you can see its hind legs have hooves. Yes, Aaron is right. Based on what we are shown and told in the show so far, Athena is the Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Same as Eric and Calvin. I'm afraid of heights so a couple feet and I'm freaking out and vertigo kicks in. Not fun! Great reaction and discussion! Aaron only noticing the trident in the series title now LOL

0:47 "To find the very pit of hell" Weeelllll, not quite (cries in Mark of Athena)

Next episode gets so good! Loving the reactions!

As someone who grew up in St Louis and has been to The Arch many times, it was a wild experience to see my city done justice. They definitely filmed this episode at the actual arch. I can actually recognize the displays that they show in The Arch Museum. (They haven't changed in decades.)

Lmao Calvin thinking the arch is over the river is hilarious.

Athena is sometimes consideres as a goddess of war related to strategic thinking, but also Aphrodite was considered the goddess of war for the spartans, that side of her isn't normaly portrayed

9:20 According to Grover last episode: no, that's bees.

The explanation about the way in which Athena has children comes in a later book, but I'm glad the TV series put it here. Because I had been wondering how Annabeth could have one of the virgin goddesses for a mother (there's a paragraph about how Artemis had no children and so her cabin in camp was empty), and I kept worrying that the author was unaware of this basic fact (or had changed it). It was a relief to discover otherwise.

I’m taking a class on Greek Mythology rn and I think it is interesting that Athena’s kids, like annabeth, have to prove themselves. Athena used to be a guide/mentor to young heroes even if they werent strong. There was a hero named Telemachus who was 20 when Athena took the form of Mentis and guided him to becoming a great hero

me when Percy asked if the chimera was poisonous: *I bet Calvin’s gonna point out its venomous*

As someone who has visited the arch a few times, it looks like they filmed on location. That is pretty much what the entrance and surroundings look like and the museum at the bottom (last time I was there) was all about the Lewis and Clark expedition with talking animatronics and a stagecoach qnd a buffalo... and I think it's been more updated even since then.

10:23 so did Rick 😂

Goddess of War is Enyo - she's pretty cool "sacker of cities" and can be found out on the battlefield with Ares in Greek Mythology. Later she turned into the Roman Bellona.

Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy you're thinking of the Roman Goddess Bellona who shares the domain of War with Mars; also the lady talking to Percy in the water was a Naiad

33:38: He’s also not really accepted his dad as his own yet. He’s going to now because his dad recognized him

When I watched this episode, it never occurred to me until you guys said venomous, and immediately Percy said poisonous. I feel like that's something Annabeth would have corrected him on.

This the episode we was waiting for 😅 4:14 Omg you guys im so slow, i just realized Mother of monsters abbreviates to M.O.M 😭🤦🏾‍♂️

It’s unfortunate they cut out so many foundational camp halfblood scenes. I think I may be mistaken but here’s some context- In the book when Percy goes around trying to figure out what he’s good at- he discovers that he has almost prodigious talent in sword fighting. He gets special training from the Luke the Hermes kid who is the camp’s best sword fighter. He learns several special moves including the switching move he pulls on Annabeth. The move makes a few appearances in the series. I don’t think this is how the arch scene plays in the books though

As a 33 year old man who's father left him at a very young age. I think it's super weird you all comment on how honoured Percy should be to have an absent father. It is quite obviously a commentary on absent parents and just because they may give you life (or even power) doesn't mean they automatically deserve your respect, trust, or appreciation. That shit has to be earned and his friends earned it. His father is not his father, he is a man who dipped his wick in his mother and left. This is the second time this week (granted, I appreciate somethings are hugely filmed in advance) that Aaron has just stated something that is hugely weird and fundamentally wrong. If your parent is a God, or someone with power, it doesn't give them the right to ignore you. That shit does damage to people. Sincerely, someone who has had damage done to them. lol

Somebody has to got to tell these guys that the Underworld and Hell are very different.

Listen. I barely know janci. But her saying "another one" made me turn into rosa diaz with Arlo. "I've only had janci for a day and a half, but if anything happened to her, I'd kill everyone in this room and then myself"

Hades/The Underworld in not Hell. Tartaros/Greek Hell is only one part of the Underworld, the deepest part. It's named after the deity that created and embodies it, the Protogenoi (the First Born, the Primordial Greek gods) Tartaros.

The being under the water talking to Percy was Nereid, a water nymph.

24:56 : In another version of this story, Zeus got fearful that the child of the tinaness Metis, his lover, would be a threat to him so he decided to eat her. In ancient Greece, the stomach/belly was the source of wisdom. Metis was the titaness of wisdom, so he put her where the source of his wisdom was. Later, Zeus got a terrible headache and asked Poseidon for help. Poseidon opened Zeus head with an axe and out came Athena, in full armour.

not spoiler but Athena is also a Goddess of War, mostly the strategic side of war, while Ares represents the actual conflict/fighting part of war. They are the primary Patron Gods of War. We have to remember that Ancient Greece wasn't a unified single culture. it was just how we referred to a collection of City-states in the area we now know also as Greece. and Gods were normally more worshipped in an individual basis. people mostly prayed to local gods or gods of things they regularly interact with, blacksmiths would have prayed to Hephaestus more than any other gods. Athena was the Godess of Athens, but she would have been worshipped in numerous different cults in different ways, which is how we get the different personas of Gods.

Always love a cool monster design!

love this episode, thank you guys!~

The fact that someone thinks that Percy is wrong for saying that about his father makes me think you all had dads 😭(sorry if it's a wrong assumption tho) like it's pretty simple to understand his anger when he had a deadbeat father all his life LMAO (I don't have a father so I understand that part lol)

The STL Arch is a fantastic place to find out you have claustrophobia and acrophobia for the first time.

Athens is goddess of war , wisdom, battle strategy and crafts/arts

that dog looks more like a Miniature Pinscher rather than a pomeranian. and the Greek goddess of victory is Nike. yes, the shoe and clothes company is named after her.

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare.

2:05 Up until this episode I was so sure the voice of [CENSORED] is Mark Hamil... Now, not so much.

Ya'll should definitely visit the Arch. ❤

The action is realistic for a group of 12-year-olds, this is not arrow Eric

Sleeping on a train is better than on a plane. It isnt as loud and the motion is actually soothing. While it's in motion. The stops make things... complicated. For someone like me, who is a light sleeper, it means i wake up whenever there is a stop, but i was able to drop back off when moving.

The museum attached to the Arch is actually really good. Getting up to the Arch is also kind of crazy because those pods can't just go up like a normal elevator. As the pods ascend, pivot to the shape of the Arch. It's a weird experience.

35:11: Zeus is thunderstorms and storms. Poseidon is earthquakes and hurricanes

When you're riding on the elevator at the St. Louis Arch it is like stair steps going up... rise and run.

V8 energy drink, those are my favorite! I’m drinking on rn, strawberry lemonade!! Also love this show, great reactions!!

Athena is the Goddess of War and is far superior to her male counterpart because she is a tactician. It's like if you pit a street fighter against a trained martial artist. But despite how smart she is petty as fuck!

Let’s go guys!

Rick is sort of right about the no water in the lungs when someone drowns. You know how when someone does while holding something, their hand can lock around that object and it's very difficult to remove the object? It's kind of the same thing. There are some people whose throat remains closed up until their heart stops. That is called a dry drowning, however, it only happens in 7% to 10% of drownings. The majority of them have water in the lungs and are "wet drownings".

What!😂 if u passed out underwater your body would automatically try to breathe hence you’d breathe in water, if u held your breath on land you’d pass out and your body will automatically start to breathe but u wouldn’t die unless this happens in water 😂😂

Enyo is also a Goddess of War often accompanying Ares in battle

I wish The Echidna, the Mother of all Monsters, had transformed like in the book. The Chimera transforming was still cool. But I wish Echidna also transformed. It would have been cooler.

WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT YOUR REACTING TO PJO I FEEL SO DREADFUL. IMMA START TO WATCH YOUR REACTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

"Why is it Athena's?" they ask, WHILE ANNABETH EXPLAINS IT. Seriously, sometimes this is so annoying.

Sleeping on a train is great.

You could argue that Zeus was considerate in the Iliad since he was convinced to allow Priam to take his son’s body back and have their funerary rights.

Good thing: apparently this is the shortest episode of the season Bad thing: you feel it heavily and makes what could be a great episode just okay They make up for it with episode 5 so I can’t really complain too much but damn. At least add 2-3 minutes at the end of this episode

Lol, Annabeth literally explained as you talked about it

9:52: I feel like ebony maw and echidna would make a good team hahah

ECHO REACTION WHEN HELLO??

Reaction as a whole is almost longer than the episode itself 💀

It's kinda funny how Athena's symbol is an owl, when in reality owls aren't really smart birds. They are really good at what they do in nature but training them is super difficult. It would take them Weeks to learn what ravens and other corvids could learn in days xD That's what animal trainers on Harry Potter said.

Calvin continues to be wrong about the random "facts " he spits out. Aaron is completely right about drowning. I'd say Calvin is wrong about 70% of the time.

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Man the ancient Greeks had like 5 different gods of war they really worshiped war so yeah athena and ares are both gods of war but athena is like the smart one and ares is the strong one

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Echo reaction when????

Yo guys 🤚

I like Aaron’s vasectomy shirt.