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** Harpocrates was a Ptolemaic god who was rather funny looking who Apollo basically acted like the stereotypical playground bully towards.
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** Harpocrates was a Ptolemaic god who was rather funny looking who Apollo basically acted like the stereotypical playground bully towards. There's also the fact that his entire existence was the result of cultural misunderstanding and appropriation.
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* Small, but the innocent amphisbaena who was killed by Lu. He had a wife and a normal life (well, as normal as a two-headed snake monster's life can get), but was the victim of wrong place, wrong time and Lu dismisses him as simply a monster able to regenerate in Tartarus.
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* Tarquin really puts Apollo through the wringer by confronting him with some of his as he puts it "Greatest hits of dreadfulness" with Koronis's ravens, Harpocrates and the Sibyl of Cumae.
** Koronis was the mother of Asclepius. Ravens were once white and peaceful like doves but incredible gossips. They blabbed to him one day that Koronis was cheating on him, in a fit of rage he killed her but saved their unborn child, and for their role blasted the ravens turning them black and made them into the ill tempered mischievous birds they are today.
** Koronis was the mother of Asclepius. Ravens were once white and peaceful like doves but incredible gossips. They blabbed to him one day that Koronis was cheating on him, in a fit of rage he killed her but saved their unborn child, and for their role blasted the ravens turning them black and made them into the ill tempered mischievous birds they are today.
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* Tarquin really puts Apollo through the wringer by confronting him with some of his as he puts it "Greatest hits of dreadfulness" with Koronis's ravens, Harpocrates and the Sibyl of Cumae.
Cumae, all of which leaves Apollo feeling guilty as all Hades.
** Koronis was the mother of Asclepius. Ravens were once white and peaceful like doves but incredible gossips. They blabbed to him one day that Koronis was cheating on him, in a fit of rage he killed her but saved their unborn child, and for their role blasted theravens ravens, turning them black and made making them into the ill tempered mischievous birds they are today.
** Koronis was the mother of Asclepius. Ravens were once white and peaceful like doves but incredible gossips. They blabbed to him one day that Koronis was cheating on him, in a fit of rage he killed her but saved their unborn child, and for their role blasted the
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** The Sibyl of Cumae was a pretty young woman who had pledged eternal service to Apollo. Unfortunately he fell in love with her. The Sibyl was not interested and scared because she knew about what tended to happen to his lovers, she accidentally made a wish to have as many years as the number of grains of sand she had in her hands when she had picked them up and he granted it and when she refused him for the last time he angrily cursed her that while she'd live that long she would age. Eventually her body withered away leaving just her voice in a glass jar.
** He feels incredible guilt for all of this.
** He feels incredible guilt for all of this.
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** The Sibyl of Cumae was a pretty young woman who had pledged eternal service to Apollo. Unfortunately he fell in love with her. The Sibyl was not interested and scared because she knew about what tended to happen to his lovers, lovers. Then, she accidentally made a wish to have as many years as the number of grains of sand she had in her hands when she had picked them up and he up, which Apollo granted it and when she eagerly. When the Sibyl refused him for the last time he angrily cursed her that while she'd live that long she would age. Eventually her body withered away leaving just her voice in a glass jar.
** He feels incredible guilt for all of this.jar.
** He feels incredible guilt for all of this.
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* Caligula and Commodus arriving on a chariot pulled by pegasi that ''had their wings cut off''. Apollo is absolutely horrified at the state of the poor things and understands the message instantly: [[KickTheDog that there is no line the Triumvirate will not trample over for their goals.]]
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* The Arrow of Dodona's HeroicSacrifice. With no other ways out of Python's grasp, the Arrow has Apollo use him to stab Python in the eye. After five books of griping about it's flowery language and variable usefulness, Apollo is utterly heartbroken that he has to say goodbye to the ally who's been with him the longest second only to Meg.
-->'''Apollo:''' I hoped it had fled back to the Grove of Dodona and joined the millions of other whispering voices of the trees, but I feared it was simply no more. Its sacrifice had been real, and final.
-->'''Apollo:''' I hoped it had fled back to the Grove of Dodona and joined the millions of other whispering voices of the trees, but I feared it was simply no more. Its sacrifice had been real, and final.
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** Also, this is probably the biggest deaths, emotional-impact-wise, in one of Riordan's works. For the first time, this is not a side character or villain dying to teach the protagonist something. This isn't so much a lesson as just a brutal death, and it ''is'' one of the protagonists, someone we've followed for several books, a frequent ''POV character'', being completely removed from the picture.
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** Also, this is probably the biggest deaths, death, emotional-impact-wise, in one of Riordan's works. For the first time, this is not a side character or villain dying to teach the protagonist something. This isn't so much a lesson as just a brutal death, and it ''is'' one of the protagonists, someone we've followed for several books, a frequent ''POV character'', being completely removed from the picture.
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* Though Apollo's return to Godhood is a happy moment, it's also quite a melancholy time as he continually mentions throughout the books ending that he feels uncomfortable and out of place among the other gods. He even laments the lack of scars on his body (except for the acne), as he believes that they are something that he earned and worked for.
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* Nico's reaction to Jason's death being confirmed. He's already been through such a long TraumaCongaLine that he's normalized all the pain and hurt from it.
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* Nico's reaction to Jason's death being confirmed. He's already been through such a long TraumaCongaLine that he's [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror normalized all the pain and hurt from it.it]].
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* Flashbacks to Apollos relationship with Commodus. You know it's going to end in tears when they're SoHappyTogether, but it's still tragic no matter how evil the latter turned out to be.
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* Flashbacks to Apollos Apollo's relationship with Commodus. You know it's going to end in tears when they're SoHappyTogether, but it's still tragic no matter how evil the latter turned out to be.
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