Dagger

A dagger is a shorter version of a sword. It has a short blade and a small hilt.
Knives are good for close-range combat. While not having the same reach or power as swords, their smaller size allows them to easily exploit openings (e.g. chinks in armor) and quick strikes. Demigod knives are either made out of Celestial Bronze or Imperial Gold, so they can vaporize monsters or be used on other demigods or gods. Celestial Bronze knives are very dangerous to demigods and monsters alike. According to Luke Castellan, you have to be clever and fast and very skilled to fight with a dagger and he feels that Annabeth Chase is clever enough to use one. She has fought with the dagger that he gave her ever since.
Like Artemis, the Hunters of Artemis also utilize their knives made of silver during close combat. Each of the knives are long as a persons' arm. 
The first great prophecy says "The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap," and Percy thought it would either be Riptide or Kronos' scythe, but it turned out to be Annabeth's dagger because Luke broke his promise to protect Annabeth when he and Thalia first met her.
Helen of Troy owned a dagger she called Katoptris, meaning looking glass, because she only ever used it as a mirror, never for combat. Such a dagger, according to Annabeth, is more ceremonial. Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, obtained this dagger though it was stolen from her while in Oklahoma with her girlfriend Shel. It is later retrieved by Alicia Davies, another daughter of Aphrodite who uses it up until her ascension to godhood where she keeps it in a ceremonial sheath at her side at all times.
== Notable Knives ==
* Hunting dagger
* Artemis' Knives
* Katoptris
== Also See ==
* Knifemanship
Category:Daggers
Category:Personal Weapons