![]() He shows no qualms about killing or injuring others. Lit is initially shown to be cold and ruthless. It is also said he is quite a good swordsman, as Apollo said in three quick flashes of his sword he decapitated Marcus, Vortigern and Cleander. He is able to set up and execute plans for capturing Apollo and locating the elusive Waystation. It also states that his scars crosshatched on his face. In The Trials of Apollo, Lit is described to be wearing jeans, his red and white Cornhuskers shirt, and a bandana around his curly hair. ![]() He was dressed in pajama pants with a sleeveless T-shirt that said "Cornhuskers" in The Lost Hero. He has dark curly hair with a face that would have been handsome if it wasn't so sliced up according to Piper. Lit has muscular arms that are covered in scars. Lit is now heading up an "elephant visitation program" with Waystation resident Livia and Hannibal from Camp Jupiter. When Apollo, now a god once again, visits the Waystation, Lit appears to be adjusting well. It is said he is going to try to watch over Georgina, Emmie, and Josephine, and try to redeem himself. He later fights against Commodus, becomes friends with Leo because he led Commodus to smash through an open window and sail out, and saves the day alongside Apollo. Josephine manages to calm him down and gain information about Commodus' planned attack. He later gains the trust of the Waystation residents through Apollo, Josephine, and Emmie. He stabbed Commodus in the neck but misses his jugular and is brought back to the Waystation after being wounded by an arrow.Īt the Waystation, he is described as sitting in a recliner in the corner, his leg properly bandaged and his back to the crowd, 'as if intentionally inviting a knife in the back'. Lit catches up with them but is defeated by Meg who creates a distraction, however, Commodus later plans on killing him since he grew bored of him as prefect after almost a day.ĭuring his naming ceremony, he has him ready for execution, but the arrival of the Hunters occupies his attention and Lityerses is deeply annoyed. Lit replaces the former Prefect after killing him and places tracking devices on the griffins after Apollo and Calypso free them. Recognizing the worth of Lityerses, Reaper of Men, Commodus frees Lit and employs the resurrected demigod amongst his forces. ![]() Jason, however, tosses a rug over the golden statue of Lit, hopefully preventing him from returning to flesh until after Midas' captives were done with him.Īt some point following the defeat of Gaea, Lit is found by Commodus and his forces, still trapped in the form of a golden statute. Rain water falls into the room and turns the statues of gold back to flesh. Jason then calls down a bolt of lightning that destroys the roof. Midas goes to help his son up, but unintentionally turns him to gold. Lit agrees and begins to fight Jason, however Jason's fighting style is so different that Lit is beaten by Jason. Soon after Hedge leaves, Midas turns Leo and Piper to gold and Jason says he wants to fight Lit instead of getting turned to gold. Jason is shown to be a little jealous of him when Piper gives him a smile and when Lit keeps trying to get her attention. Midas and Lit walk into the room and Hedge tries to beat them up, something that Jason sends him out of the room for doing because he thought that they might be good. Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Gleeson Hedge, and Jason Grace meet Lit and Midas after Festus crash lands and the group sneak into a house to rest. In this song, there is no mention of the legend it is indeed only an ordinary reaping-song.Īfter Gaea opens the Doors of Death, Lit and Midas return through them to the mortal world and are resurrected. Theocritus in his tenth Idyll gives a specimen of a Greek harvest-song addressed to Demeter, which is called 'the Song of the Divine Lityerses'. ![]() The song for Lityerses was, according to one tradition, a comic version of the lament sung by the Black Sea people, the Mariandyni for Bormos, a son of wealthy man. The Phrygian reapers used to celebrate his memory in a harvest-song which bore the name of Lityerses. However, in some variations of the myth, Midas had only a daughter, Zoe, instead. During one of these routines, Hercules won the contest and killed him.Īccording to Iliad (v.860), Midas's son was indeed Lityerses. Whenever strangers passed his field, he gave them plenty to eat and drink and then challenged them to a harvesting contest and beheaded those he beat. He used to reap corn and had an enormous appetite. In Greek Mythology, Lityerses was the son of Midas and the goddess Demeter.
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