Asphodel is a section of the Underworld that the trio has to get through to reach Hades’ castle in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
After getting past Procrustes and entering the Underworld, the trio faces Charon the ferryman.
He points out they’re still alive and didn’t pay to get there like the others. He then blows a silent whistle.
Suddenly, Cerberus, the three-headed hound, comes bounding out and chases them. They manage to escape it using a toy.
Dark and gloomy
They move through a forest and run into many silent individuals. Annabeth confirms that these people are rooted to the ground and concludes that this is Asphodel.
She says that it is a place where souls are bound forever by their regrets. Cerberus’ howls are heard in the distance and Percy and Grover run away.
They realize that Annabeth isn’t running with them, and when they go back to her, they find her being pulled by one of the roots.
Grover claims that she must have some regrets that are weighing her down, but she refuses to reveal that truth.
She tells Percy and Grover to go ahead while she uses Poseidon’s pearl to escape.
When Hades mentions that someone used his Helm of Darkness to turn invisible and steal the bolt, he might have been referring to Annabeth’s magical cap.
She presumably regretted stealing the bolt and framing Percy for it all along.
In Greek Mythology
Asphodel is usually depicted as a field or a meadow and it is one of the sections of the Underworld.
It is considered to be the home of the souls that lived mediocre lives, or the land of neutrality.
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