User blog comment:Annabeth Chase The Wise Girl/Athena Parthenos/@comment-4521561-20121122031937

Well it may do noting in a physical way but more of a symbolic way. Gaea must know that only Greek and Roman demigods together can defeat her children (the giants). But because the Romans carried away the statue it feuled the Greeks hatered for he Romans. But now the statue is back and soon the Greek and Romans will hopefully make peace before the war gets out of hand. So the "Bane" of the giants make ctually refer to the Greeks and Romans copperating and the statue may just be the only thing that can unite them.