punishment in the Fields of Punishment was to stand under a fruit tree in the middle of a lake. When he tried to pluck the fruit to eat, the branches of the tree rose out of his reach and when he bent down to drink the water, the level would retreat. Tantalus became "tantalised" by having food and drink close to him, but unable to enjoy either. He becomes the activities director at Camp Half-Blood after Chiron is fired. He appears in The Sea of Monsters as a minor character. Even when hired as the activities director, he could not eat or drink as the food kept evading him. Tantalus is shown to hate Percy and his friends even more than he hates most half-bloods, yet shows favoritism to Clarisse, as when naming her Hero when the camp was attacked by Colchis Bulls or when she wins the chariot race and throwing a banquet in her honor. When Tyson is brought to camp, Tantalus insults and makes fun of him even when Tyson is claimed by Poseidon. When the camp is attacked by a large flock of Stymphalian birds, Tantalus blames it on Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson's "bad chariot driving" despite that they were the ones who defeated the birds. At the end of the book, his curse is lifted by Dionysus just before he is sent back to the Underworld as he attempts to take some food along. None of the campers are sad to see him go. Lityerses - The son of King Midas who is nicknamed "Lit". In The Lost Hero, he and Midas emerged from the Doors of Death and were resurrected. After King Midas turns Leo and Piper to gold, he has Lityerses fight Jason before Midas can turn him to gold. After Jason defeats Lityerses, King Midas tries to help him only to accidentally turn him to gold. After throwing a rug over Lityerses, Jason summoned a thunderbolt that caused rain to come down on those who had been turned to gold, leaving Lit trapped as Midas was killed by his freed victims. By the events of The Dark Prophecy, Lityerses is freed from his golden form by Commodus and goes to work for him. He later defects to the side of the Waystation's inhabitants and helps to defeat Commodus' attack. Lit subsequently decides to settle at the Waystation and protect it from further