User blog comment:Tayley18/Comparison Between the Greeks and the Romans/@comment-4515675-20111217074555/@comment-4445568-20111217142216

Mars was definitely stricter than Ares in some aspects. Remember when Percy had his dream and he saw "the war god next to the huge ship scowling". Remember? The first thing Mars did when he got to CJ was make everyone bow. The Greeks never bow to the Gods (unless it is Zeus). And the Gods are fine with it. And how many times did people meet a God in the series? a lot. Zeus, Hades, Mr. D, Ares, and Poseidon in the first book, Hermes in the second book, The ofreaking Olympian Council in the second, Hera and Hephaestus in the 4th book, And again the Olympian Council plus Hestia. How many times does Percy bow or Annabeth for that matter? Twice for Percy and once for Annabeth