User blog comment:Tayley18/Comparison Between the Greeks and the Romans/@comment-4515675-20111217074555/@comment-4515675-20111217155223

To me it's just the Romans who are extremely polite when it comes to the gods. I mean they didn't just bow to Mars, they bowed to Juno as well so that doesn't necessarily mean that Mars is strict. Also, wasn't Percy dreaming about Ares instead of Mars? The later even joked with the Romans and was extremely friendly with Frank, you don't see Ares doing that.

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say with how the Greeks don't bow in front of the gods. It just proves what I stated in my first comment that the gods play favorites. They show themselves so often to the Greek demigods that they no longer see it as something special whereas the Romans think it's an honor to be visited by a god, hence the bowing and the show of respect. To tell you the truth to me the Greek demigods are a little cheeky, pretty much just like Mars told Percy.