Devourer this instance, Ammit is not an agent of evil, but punishment for the guilty dead. In Greek mythology, there are a plethora of hungry monsters and vengeful gods, an example of which being the Minotaur. The Minotaur (which roughly translates to Bull of Minos) was the son of the Cretan queen Pasiphae and a bull. When the Minotaur was no longer satisfied with the nursing of his mother, it was found that he was very fond of eating human flesh. So Minos, the king of Crete and the Minotaur's step-father, ordered the great architect Daedalus to build a great labyrinth
The Battle of the Labyrinth book opens with Percy Jackson attending freshman orientation at Goode High School, where he sees Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a clear-sighted mortal who helps him fight two empousai and escape. Percy travels to Camp Half-Blood, where he learns Grover is in trouble with the Council of Cloven Elders for not having found Pan. During a competition organized by the new sword instructor Quintus, Annabeth and Percy accidentally find an entrance into the Labyrinth, which presents a possible invasion route for Luke. Annabeth is given leadership of a quest to find Daedalus and convince the inventor not to give Luke Ariadne's string.