My dad always maintained that the Greek gods were alive and kicking after all these years, but he never told me they were in New York!

Well, according to “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” a children’s fantasy novel written by Rick Riordan the Greek gods migrated from Mount Olympus to the US because they have moved with “the heart of the West,” which was first in Athens, then in Rome, and finally in New York City.

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