to have much respect for other beings, except for Ariadne. He is a powerful god, but his powers are shown the least throughout the series. He has two demigod sons named Castor and Pollux, both of whom are the sole inhabitants of Cabin 12. As Bacchus, the Roman centurion Dakota is his son. Dionysus was once a demigod who, like Hercules, was made into a god. His seat on the Olympian Council originally belonged to Hestia who decided to abdicate it after Dionysus was first made into a god to avoid conflict. Dionysus hates his job and has a low opinion of demigods, likening them to Theseus and his abandonment of Ariadne. However, he is shown to be kind and helpful towards demigods on a few occasions, saving Percy and his friends from the Manticore in The Titan's Curse, curing Chris Rodriguez's madness in The Battle of the Labyrinth and giving Nico counseling sessions in The Trials of Apollo following the death of Jason Grace. He typically refers to Percy by variations on his real name, only ever calling him Percy Jackson a few times in the series, usually only in extremely serious moments. In The Last Olympian, his sentence is shortened to only fifty more years following the defeat of Kronos. In The Mark of Athena, Dionysus' Roman form Bacchus appears to help the Heroes against two of the giants once they prove themselves to him. In The House of Hades, the giant Clytius states that it took the combined forces of Dionysus and Hercules when they were both demigods to defeat him the last time. In The Tower of Nero, following his own punishment, Apollo suggests to Dionysus that Zeus might have a greater purpose to forcing Dionysus to run Camp Half-Blood and not to lose hope. Dionysus is played by Luke Camilleri in the first film and by Stanley Tucci in the second. In the musical, he is portrayed by George Salazar. Jason Mantzoukas will portray Dionysus in the TV show. Minor Greco-Roman gods Achelous – A river god with the face of a man and the head of a bull. He had previously fought with Hercules where Hercules removed one of Achelous' horns; his other horn plays a part in the plot of The Mark of Athena in which it is removed by Piper McLean and becomes a cornucopia. Aeolus – God of the wind. In