Blood Of Olympus

The Blood of Olympus is the last book in The Heroes of Olympus series written by Rick Riordan. The Heroes of Olympus books are extensions of the Percy Jackson series. The Blood of Olympus is a fiction book about Greek mythology; therefore, it has a few untrue parts. Despite its classification as a fiction book, The Blood of Olympus contains several nonfiction aspects that tie into the studies in AP World History. Rick Riordan writes a nonfiction statement on page twenty-nine. He talks about two characters that are on the island of Ithaca at the palace of Odysseus. These two nonfictional characters are Hippias (tyrant of Athens) and Hasdrubal of Carthage. Hippias was an Athenian who inherited the throne from his father (Berthold). He convinced the Spartans to overthrow their tyranny, and he battled the Spartans (Berthold). He wanted to gain support from the Persians, but the Athenians and their democratic government wanted to get rid of Hippias (Berthold). Therefore, he lost support and ended up dying on his journey with the defeated Persians back to their lands (Berthold). The other character, Hasdrubal, was a general
Near the city of Pompeii is a massive volcano known as Mount Vesuvius (Tarshis). After being dormant for over 1,000 years, Mount Vesuvius exploded in 79 A.D. (Tarshis). The eruption sent smoldering lava, rocks, and smoke flying for many miles, destroying anything in its path (Tarshis). The city of Pompeii was one of the volcano’s victims (Tarshis). Several feet of ashes buried Pompeii, and nobody survived the colossal, devastating explosion (Tarshis). Fortunately, present-day scientists can analyze the events that occurred in Pompeii (Tarshis). The dust that covered the city in the eruption preserved the city for future analysis (Tarshis). Moreover, the characters in The Blood of Olympus visit Pompeii and describe the city as a pile of ruins and one big