Modern Myths

Book 4 - The Battle of the Labyrinth: Chapter 3: Entering the Labyrinth

6/4/08, Wednesday

Camp Half-Blood, Long Island, New York, 12:30 pm

Percy POV

Daedalus's directions were on point. We arrived rather quickly.

Jason & the others were waiting on us.

I spoke, "Thank you for waiting. We can work on our crossword prophecy while we eat."

We compared prophecies, then headed to lunch to decipher the crossword puzzle.

1. Kronos's weapon (Starts with the letter S)

2. Latin word meaning closed (Second letter is L)

3. Detainment facility (Last letter is N)

4. Hecatoncheires (First letter is B)

5. 3-chests (First letter is G)

6. Riddle (First letter is E)

7. Really tall hill (Second letter is O)

8. God of the Wild (Last letter is S)

9. Son of Poseidon & Gaea (Second letter is N)

10. Castle is a type of [blank] (First letter is P)

11. [blank] Caverns National Park in New Mexico (Last Letter is D)

After we solved it, it looked like this.

Clusius is an epithet of Janus.

Briares has been captured by the Titans, along with his 5 siblings.

Geryon is a monster that Hercules stole Cattle from for his 10th labor.

Faunus is Pan's roman form.

Antaeus is a giant that fought with Gigante during the Gigantomachy.

Carlsbad Caverns are where Nyx took me to meet Pan, though I kept that to myself.

As we reentered the labyrinth, Annabeth spoke "To summarize, we're going to encounter Janus, rescue Briares, go to Geryon's farm, encounter the Sphinx, go to Saint Helens, encounter something related to Faunus, then Antaeus."