Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus Prophecies

The Mark of Athena

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This prophecy, the focus of The Mark of Athena, is introduced by Ella in The Son Of Neptune, and completed in The Mark of Athena:

"Wisdom's daughter walks alone,

The Mark of Athena burns through Rome.

Twins snuff out the angel's breath,

Who holds the key to endless death.

Giants' bane stands gold and pale,

Won through pain from a woven jail.'"

This prophecy unravels throughout the story:

1. Annabeth had to complete her own quest alone - without friends or special powers.
2. The Mark of Athena - a coin, led Annabeth through Rome to find Athena Parthenos.
3. The twins being Ephialtes and Otus kidnapping Nico di Angelo
4. The Doors of Death's Underworld side is placed directly in Tartarus, where monsters are meant to reborn and be killed again.
5. The fifth line refers to the Athena Parthenos statue, which is made of ivory and gold.
6. Annabeth and the crew of the Argo II retrieved the Athena Pathenos from the chamber of Arachne, which was covered in spider webs. Though Annabeth initially believed the "pain" in question was the pain of breaking her ankle, she and Percy fall into Tartarus shortly thereafter, causing considerable emotional pain to their comrades aboard the Argo II, all of whom aside from Hazel Levesque blame themselves for failing to save Annabeth and Percy.