#and given the later parallels between Clarisse and Achilles in the books this just adds a whole nother level for me to think about

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I was actually so insanely excited just hearing Luke say kleos because I learned about it in college in my classics courses. So like, as much as watching the show brings me back to when I first reading it in 3rd grade, it also feels like it grew up along with me. Like back then it was based on Greek mythology and stuff but silly goofy, and now it’s like… instead of just explaining the concepts, we’re getting the Greek terms and stuff as well. It just feels like he’s talking about the Homeric inspirations and historical side of things more, and since I’ve actually studied that stuff somewhat now it’s really exciting. Young me would have been learning about kleos in that episode, but current me can link it to the Iliad and the Odyssey and Greek culture and now I’m just thinking about how Clarisse is already starting to hate/dislike/be jealous of Percy because he immediately gets some glory by killing the Minotaur but she, a daughter of Ares, has yet to prove herself and earn any glory. And it’s not just as simple as wanting to be the best or have some glory, but it’s the expectation or idea that kleos itself is a goal for every warrior. Not only that but he has the Minotaur horn, a spoil of war, to represent that glory

obsessed with the search of glory being a driving factor for the demigods. these are kids who have spent their entire lives as outcasts, being haunted by nightmares and monsters no one believed were real. most of these kids die before reaching adulthood. of course they want attention, of course they want blood, of course they want to win. there must be goodness in this suffering. it cannot all have been for nothing