How Does Zeus Lose The Lightning Bolt

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n pages 134-138 the argument that Zeus and Poseidon and are having is something valuable that got stolen. Zeus and Poseidon were fighting over a lightning bolt, a two foot long cylinder of high-grade celestial bronze, capped on both ends with god-level explosives. The symbol of his power, from which all other lightning bolts are patterned, The first weapon made by the Cyclopes for the war against the titans, the bolt that sheered the top off Mount Etna and hurled Kronos from his throne. The Master bolt packs enough power to make mortal hydrogen bombs look like firecrackers. Zeus blamed Poseidon for losing the lightning bolt. Zeus thinks that Percy stole the lightning bolt but Percy says he can’t even steal a slice of pizza from Gabe’s poker

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