Anemoi four Anemoi and several minor wind gods are involved in the defense of Mount Olympus against Kronos (the Titan Cronus), the first series's chief antagonist. Both the Greek and the Roman forms of the Anemoi appear in Riordan's second series. Boreas is a central character in "The Lost Hero", and his children Khione, Calais, and Zetes continue to have important roles throughout the series. He resides in Montreal, and is described as "sturdily built...with dark purple wings" when in his Greek form, and as "taller and thinner" when Roman. "Notus/Auster appears in "The House of Hades" as a counselor of
Greek mythology "On the Trojan side:" "On the Greek side:" Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece. Greeks regarded mythology as a part of their history. They used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities and friendships. It was a source of pride to be able to trace the descent of one's leaders from a mythological hero or a god. Few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey". According to Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics professor, and John