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Mythology In Rick Riordan's Book 'Heroes Of Olympus'

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The Construction of Heroes in Mythology in Rick Riordan’s Series Book “Heroes of Olympus”
Rhifa Nadya Ulhaq
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“Heroes of Olympus” is a series book by Rick Riordan. It consists of five books in total, it is about a group of demigods (half-human, half-God; Children's of Gods) from different cultures –Roman and Greek – they go on a quest to rescue the world from Goddess of Earth. I'll analyze the construction of the heroes in Riordan's series book for my future skripsi by comparing mythology in ancient times and modern mythology, especially the heroes in those mythological tales. I'll be using the concept of modern construction of mythology by A. Von Hendy in his essay titled “The Modern Construction of A Myth” to study the changed of mythical tales over time and relate it to Riordan's series book. I'll also use Simona Klaus theory about virtual heroes, whose exist in modern world, following other type of heroes from the past, such as mythological hero, cultural hero, historical hero, modern hero, and virtual hero and using her methodology about search for the changing meaning and construction of heroes from time to time and compared it with …show more content…

For example Percy and Perseus. Percy for me is like spitting image of Perseus, from Perseus accomplishment in killing medusa and other monster and save his woman, similar with Percy accomplishment, the different is Percy ability and God's father. If Perseus is Zeus son and his ability is produce lightning, Percy is Poseidon son and his ability is produce water. By comparing Percy and Perseus I could find the similarity and the difference between them and also the parallel between those two. Ancient heroes and heroes in “Heroes of Olympus” both have the same nature. They become a hero to protect something, and both heroes supplied with a sacred weapon to accomplish their

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