as hyperion's forces gather at mount tartarus, the party travel to phaedra's temple, and theseus loses the bow in an ambush. outnumbered by hyperion's men, ares, going against zeus's orders, directly intervenes by fighting the soldiers, and athena provides theseus and stavros with horses to reach tartarus. zeus arrives and angrily kills ares for his defiance, letting his death be a warning to the gods, and that the mortals will no longer receive divine support, and must justify the faith he has in theseus, before leaving with athena. the stolen bow is brought to hyperion.