User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-4649443-20130526234514

I have two things to say. One thing is something I noticed, and the other is something my brother noticed.

1) I reread TLT for the nth time, and I noticed something. The doorman was reading a large book with a wizard on the front. Also, Percy states that though he wasn't into fantasy, he thought the book must have been good, because the doorman took a while to answer. The book=Harry Potter

2)My bro compared something in TLO to the myths...You know how Clarisse didn't want to join the war, then Silena put on her armor and got killed by a drakon and then Clarisse killed it and dragged it all over the place? Well, Achilles didn't want to fight, so Patroclus took his armor  and was killed by Hector, and then Achilles killed Hector and dragged him around Patroclus's grave for three whole days. Notice the similarities?