

It will be interesting to see that dynamic evolve over the next books. The gods and creatures really make the story, much more than the protagonists. This was a fun listen it totally drew me in, despite (or maybe because of) the similarities to the little boy wizard.

Instead, Jesse Bernstein does his best eleven-year-old voice, aka annoying voice, and the accents are just bizarre (Zeus was my “favorite”). His students included famous heroes and gods of the Greek myths, such as Asclepius, Ajax, Achilles, Theseus, Jason, Peleus, Perseus, and even Heracles and Phoenix. I wish Jim Dale – the superb narrator of the Harry Potter audiobooks – had narrated these. It got me excited about re-reading some of the Greek mythology that I enjoyed so much as a youth. We meet all kinds of major gods, minor gods, demigods, mythical monsters, and other characters. It couldalso be considered a variant spelling ofthe Gaelic name Kairon. Kairos in Greek Mythology: Kairos (the opportune, right or supreme moment), in Greek Mythology, is the god of opportune time. What’s different? Rather than the magic of Harry Potter, we learn that the Greek gods are alive and well, working behind the veil of human vision. Meaning: Master Origin:Greek Pronunciation: KYE ron Description:The name Kyron. Of course, no adults can help save the world. He then goes on a quest to save the world with a really smart girl named Hermione – sorry, Annabeth – and a goofy friend named Ron – sorry, Grover. He learns that he is special and goes to a special school – sorry, camp – where there is a kindly teacher who likes him, Dumbledore – sorry, Kairon, and a mean teacher who doesn’t, Snape – sorry, Mr. So there’s an eleven year old boy who lives with a nasty step-dad named Mr. Fun adventure, but too much like Harry Potter and annoying narrator for the audiobook
