It’s never easy being the family know-it-all. It’s worse when your tribe is made up of oafish, ego-driven gods. No two deities know this better than Athena and Minerva, but which one—Greek or Roman—is the true Goddess of Wisdom?
COMING OUT AHEAD
Athena and Minerva were both born in a distinctive way: plucked from their father’s head. (Weird, but still not the weirdest childbirth when it comes to the Greek and Roman gods.) Manifested straight from the mind, these two were blessed with legendary wisdom and brainpower. But in a pantheon of fighters, when has intelligence ever been the most desired trait?
THE BEST OFFENSE
Minerva’s strategizing clashed with her family’s “attack first, ask questions later” policy. As a result, she found herself benched during the war-mongering Romans’ most famous battles. Athena, on the other hand, was valued as a warrior, using brand new concepts like arithmetic to secure victories for the Greeks. Guess those math classes can come in handy after all . . .
FAMILY FEUDS
With no place on the Roman war council, Minerva put herself on self-imposed exile, trekking across earth as a backpacker and sharing her knowledge and crafting advice with grateful mortals. She insists she’s living her best life, but she still holds a lingering grudge. She even encouraged the Greeks to go to war with the Romans over her stolen statue. To be fair, it is an extremely flattering likeness.
BRAINCHILDREN
Minerva tends to isolate herself, so she never had kids. Athena has been able to birth multiple children through, let’s just say, unconventional means. She connects with her romantic mortal partners on an intellectual level, and her demigod offspring are born directly from the brain. Plus, she’s the only goddess to claim her children from birth, and she hooks them up with sweet gifts like baseball hats of invisibility.
VERDICT
This feels a bit unfair, given all the strife that Minerva has experienced, but we’re going to have to award this one to Athena. We can’t think of a more supportive goddess mother, whereas Minerva’s aggressiveness sometimes clouds her judgment. And Athena gave us Annabeth Chase, so another point to the Greeks. Let’s just hope no one steals any statues out of jealousy, for all our sakes.
COMING OUT AHEAD
Athena and Minerva were both born in a distinctive way: plucked from their father’s head. (Weird, but still not the weirdest childbirth when it comes to the Greek and Roman gods.) Manifested straight from the mind, these two were blessed with legendary wisdom and brainpower. But in a pantheon of fighters, when has intelligence ever been the most desired trait?
THE BEST OFFENSE
Minerva’s strategizing clashed with her family’s “attack first, ask questions later” policy. As a result, she found herself benched during the war-mongering Romans’ most famous battles. Athena, on the other hand, was valued as a warrior, using brand new concepts like arithmetic to secure victories for the Greeks. Guess those math classes can come in handy after all . . .
FAMILY FEUDS
With no place on the Roman war council, Minerva put herself on self-imposed exile, trekking across earth as a backpacker and sharing her knowledge and crafting advice with grateful mortals. She insists she’s living her best life, but she still holds a lingering grudge. She even encouraged the Greeks to go to war with the Romans over her stolen statue. To be fair, it is an extremely flattering likeness.
BRAINCHILDREN
Minerva tends to isolate herself, so she never had kids. Athena has been able to birth multiple children through, let’s just say, unconventional means. She connects with her romantic mortal partners on an intellectual level, and her demigod offspring are born directly from the brain. Plus, she’s the only goddess to claim her children from birth, and she hooks them up with sweet gifts like baseball hats of invisibility.
VERDICT
This feels a bit unfair, given all the strife that Minerva has experienced, but we’re going to have to award this one to Athena. We can’t think of a more supportive goddess mother, whereas Minerva’s aggressiveness sometimes clouds her judgment. And Athena gave us Annabeth Chase, so another point to the Greeks. Let’s just hope no one steals any statues out of jealousy, for all our sakes.
Each of the seven books in the series chronicles one year in Harry’s adventures at Hogwarts and his battle against Lord Voldemort. Harry makes two marvelous best friends named Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He studies topics like Transfiguration and Potions under wise headmaster Albus Dumbledore and the malevolent Severus Snape. He becomes expert at a game called Quidditch; encounters incredible creatures like phoenixes and dragons; and discovers an entire Wizarding universe hidden just out of sight, as prone to the darker aspects of human experience as our own, but brightened by a quirky original magic.
And slowly, Harry unravels the mysteries of his original confrontation with Voldemort: why the Dark Lord tried to kill him, how he lived… and what he must do to survive another encounter.
And slowly, Harry unravels the mysteries of his original confrontation with Voldemort: why the Dark Lord tried to kill him, how he lived… and what he must do to survive another encounter.
Set in a future North America known as "Panem", the Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve outlying districts to compete in the annual "Hunger Games", a televised fight-to-the-death. The film is centered around Katniss Everdeen - a 16-year-old girl from District 12, who volunteers for her 12-year-old sister, Prim, when Prim's name is chosen - and Katniss's fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark, with whom she has some rather dramatic history. Katniss is then rushed to the Capitol, where she undergoes intense training before being thrust into the arena to fight to become the victor of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games.
A boy wakes up in an elevator with no recollection of his name, where he comes from, or where he is. As he emerges from the earth, he finds himself in a community of boys, living in a glade. As the boy slowly starts unearthing memories, such as his name, Thomas, he also finds out more sinister things from the other boys about the place he's landed. The boys are held prisoners within the center of a gigantic maze, and for three years they've been looking for a way out. Now it's up to Thomas to find that way, but the road isn't going to be easy, as any who dare enter the maze finds himself hunted by the Grievers.
