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The Sword Fighting Arena is an amphitheater used by campers to duel and practice with different weapons of their choice. According to The Hidden Oracle's map, it is located near the edge of the forest, between the archery range and the pegasus stables. There are straw dummies with Greek armor scattered and other different implements to help campers with their practices.


Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]

The Lightning Thief[]

Luke and Percy practice fighting together at the arena.

The Battle of the Labyrinth[]

When Quintus becomes the new sword fighting trainer, he decides that the arena is where Mrs. O'Leary will be kept. The giant scorpions are also kept in the crates there. Later in the book, when Clarisse is talking to Percy about the Labyrinth at the arena, she casually throws a javelin in between one of the dummies' eyes.

Trivia[]

  • Despite being a camp for Greek demigods, amphitheaters were invented by the Romans during the second century BC or later, so the appearance of the fighting arena may be a holdover from a time when Camp Half-Blood was under Roman power, or it could have been adopted from Roman civilization or even from Camp Jupiter itself.
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