All 50 Uses of
prophecy
in
The Last Olympian
- There was this prophecy that said when I turned sixteen, bad things would happen.†
Chpt 1
- According to that big prophecy, I was supposed to make a choice that saved or destroyed the world when I was sixteen.†
Chpt 1
- You must hear the prophecy.†
Chpt 2
- The entire prophecy?†
Chpt 2
- I didn't need to ask him which prophecy.†
Chpt 2
- I'd been hearing about the "Great Prophecy" for years, but nobody would ever tell me the whole thing.†
Chpt 2
- I need to know the full prophecy.†
Chpt 3
- Prophecy?'†
Chpt 3
- Prophecy?'†
Chpt 3
- She looked lifeless now, but whenever she spoke a prophecy, she moved.†
Chpt 3
- I wasn't sure what she'd do for the "Great Prophecy?†
Chpt 3
- I ask for the Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 3
- You mean all these years, I've been asking about this stupid prophecy, and it's been right there around her neck?†
Chpt 3
- Percy—the Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 3
- You see now, Percy, why we thought it best not to tell you the whole prophecy.†
Chpt 3
- You know prophecies always have double meanings.†
Chpt 3
- Either way, I doubted we could stop the prophecy.†
Chpt 3
- I folded up the prophecy and shoved it into my pocket.†
Chpt 3
- Oh, and according to the ancient prophecy, I was going to die when I turned sixteen—which happened to be in five days, the exact same time Typhon was supposed to hit New York.†
Chpt 3
- I knew we shouldn't have shown you the prophecy.†
Chpt 4
- Her eyes were red, and I suddenly realized that when she called me a coward, maybe she wasn't talking about the prophecy.†
Chpt 4
- You heard the Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 5
- I wondered how Nico had heard the prophecy—probably from some ghost.†
Chpt 5
- You can't prevent a prophecy:' I said.†
Chpt 5
- And only one of us will survive:' I didn't tell her the whole prophecy—about the soul reaping and the end of my days.†
Chpt 6
- If I really died in a few days like the prophecy said, I might end up here forever, but I tried not to think about that.†
Chpt 7
- This idiot son of Poseidon cannot be allowed to be the child of the prophecy?'†
Chpt 7
- Nico will turn sixteen, as the prophecy says, and then he will make the decision that will save the world.†
Chpt 7
- Well, maybe Hades will get his wish, and you'll be the child of the prophecy after all.†
Chpt 8
- A line from the prophecy rang in my ears: And see the world in endless sleep.†
Chpt 9
- I knew it had something to do with my prophecy, but I didn't understand what.†
Chpt 12
- A curse that stretches back to the Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 12
- A prophecy has been made.†
Chpt 12
- The prophecy warns of a child who turns sixteen.†
Chpt 12
- Your prophecy brought us to this!†
Chpt 12
- Because of your so-called Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 12
- "I swear," Hades said, "as long as my children remain outcasts, as long as I labor under the curse of your Great Prophecy, the Oracle of Delphi will never have another mortal host.†
Chpt 12
- You will speak your bitter prophecies until you crumble to nothing.†
Chpt 12
- How long did it take for them to tell you your prophecy, Percy Jackson?†
Chpt 13
- Zeus had destroyed an entire hotel to eliminate two demigod children—just to save his own skin, because he was scared of a prophecy.†
Chpt 13
- Maybe the prophecy all came down to my keeping this jar closed or opening it.†
Chpt 13
- Not the hero of the prophecy?†
Chpt 16
- Prophecies never end well, you know.†
Chpt 19
- I didn't understand why she was reminding me of that prophecy line right now It wasn't exactly a morale booster, but before I could say anything, Kronos raised his sword.†
Chpt 19
- The prophecy: she saw what you would do.†
Chpt 19
- The line from the great prophecy echoed in my head: A hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap.†
Chpt 19
- As they left, I thought about the Great Prophecy.†
Chpt 20
- You have the gift of prophecy.
Chpt 22 *prophecy = prediction of the future
- "I believe," Apollo said, "that we just heard the next Great Prophecy."†
Chpt 22
- The last Great Prophecy about you took almost seventy years to complete.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(prophecy) a prediction of the future (usually said to be obtained in a supernatural way)