The Lightning Thief Shout Outs

Literary and Mythological References

• Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1.126)
• Polydeuces (2.18)
• Hermes (7.93)
• Garden of Hesperides (7.102)
• Cyclopes (9.81)
• Hera (9.100)
• Demeter (9.100)
• Hestia (9.100)
• Ithaka (9.123)
• Circe's Isle (9.123)
• Land of the Amazons (9.123)
• Oracle (9.123)
• Hydra (9.123)
• Delphi (9.125)
• Argus (10.7)
• The Iliad (10.62)
• The Titans (10.68)
• Kronos (10.68)
• Prometheus (10.68)
• Medusa (11.138)
• The Gorgons (11.199)
• Pan (12.11)
• Chimera (13.110)
• Echidna (13.116)
• Iris (15.15)
• Aphrodite (15.125)
• Hephaestus (15.143)
• Nereid (17.60)
• Procrustes (17.155)
• Nereid (17.60)
• Procrustes (17.155)
• Charon (18.25)
• Cerberus (18.99)
• Fields of Elysium (18.104)
• King Minos (18.104)
• Shakespeare (18.104)
• Sisyphus (19.9)
• Persephone (19.79)
• Olympus (throughout and 21.33)
• The Golden Fleece (21.33)
• Satyrs (throughout and 21.33)
• Naiads (throughout and 21.33)
• Wood Nymphs (throughout and 21.33)
• The nine muses (21.33)
• Hercules (22.30)
• The Nemean Lion (22.30)
• Artemis (22.30)
• Harpies (22.54)
• Dionysus (throughout)
• Zeus (throughout)
• Poseidon (throughout)
• Hades (throughout)
• Athena (throughout)
• Chiron (throughout)
• Ares (throughout)
• Hermes (throughout)

Historical References

• Thomas Jefferson (18.104)
• Adolf Hitler (19.89)
• Napoleon (19.89)
• George Washington (22.30)

Pop Culture References

• Harley (1.32)
• Pac-Man (5.92)
• Pinochle (5.88)
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (6.1)
• Capture the flag (6.179)
• Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 (10.4)
• Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday" (10.4)
• Hackey Sack (10.108)
• "Amber waves of grain" (13.1)
• McDonalds (14.39)
• Double Stuff Oreos (16.11)
• Barry Manilow (18.95)
• Lamborghini (18.111)