Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perseus wants a hug -- Psyche ninjas a box of beauty cream -- Phaethon fails driver's ed -- Otrera invents the Amazons (with free two-day shipping) -- Daedalus invents pretty much everything else -- Theseus slays the mighty, oh, look, a bunny rabbit! -- Atalanta vs. three pieces of fruit: the ultimate death match -- Whatever it is, Bellerophon didn't do it -- Cyrene punches a lion* (*no actual lions were harmed in the making of this myth) -- Orpheus takes a solo -- Hercules does twelve stupid things -- Jason finds a rug that really ties the kingdom together.

Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy.