The Burning Maze horse is Incitatus, and its owner is the third emperor, Caligula. They return to Aeithales and convey the news to the spirits. Grover tells Apollo about a part of the Labyrinth that is burning, causing droughts and water shortage in the upper world. Hedge and Mellie reveal that Piper McLean and Jason Grace had explored the Labyrinth. Apollo decided to meet with them. Meg plants the seeds with which her father had planned to reincarnate the Meliai. Apollo, Meg and Grover meet Piper and bring Jason, who had broken up with Piper, from his school the following day. Jason confidentially
When a white horse is not a horse explains "'A white horse is not a horse', because the name diverges from the shape." Two "Zhuangzi" chapters (17 and 33) mock Gongsun Long, and another (2) combines his "zhi" 指 "attribute" and "ma" 馬 "horse" notions in the same context. To use an attribute to show that attributes are not attributes is not as good as using a nonattribute to show that attributes are not attributes. To use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse, Heaven and earth