Orpheus myth, Orpheus travels to Aornum in Thesprotia, Epirus to an old oracle for the dead. In the end Orpheus commits suicide from his grief unable to find Eurydice. Another account relates that he was struck with lightning by Zeus for having lied about the stories and the mysteries of the gods. A number of Greek religious poems in hexameters were attributed to Orpheus, as they were to similar miracle-working figures, like Bakis, Musaeus, Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, and the Sibyl. Of this vast literature, only two works survived whole: the "Orphic Hymns", a set of 87 poems, possibly composed at some
The House of Hades to do what is right." "The House of Hades" won the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Middle Grade and Children's Book of 2013. On the same day as the release of "The House of Hades", Rick Riordan announced its sequel, "The Blood of Olympus", the last book of the series. The cover, featuring Jason, Frank, Hazel and two giants, was released on May 14, 2014. The first chapter of the story was released along with "The Staff of Serapis", a crossover between "The Kane Chronicles" and "Percy Jackson & the Olympians". "The Blood of Olympus" was released on October