During a conversation between Apollo and Jason in Edgraton Day and Boarding School, the Roman demigod reveals to the exgod that, when he found the Sybil in the Labyrinth, she gave to him a dreadful prophecy: if Jason choose to face Caligula, either him or Piper would die. Also, apparently the Sybil said the word die with such an entonation that could only mean permanent death, much to Apollo's horror
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Prophecies are predictions of the future. Usually, a prophecy will foretell some form of major event about to happen or an event that will happen much later in the future.
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Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Rachel Dare, current Oracle and speaker of prophecies.
A prophecy, or prophecies in general, are a prediction of events about to happen in the future. Prophecies can appear in a number of ways, but almost all are cryptic and their true meaning will not become clear until after the events of the prophecy have come to pass. Also, those with the ability to see the future are unable to reveal what a prophecy means, as giving the answer would make the answer irrelevant (meaning that the events in the prophecy could change if the events are told). It is also said that trying to figure out what a prophecy means or trying to force a prophecy to come to pass may result in disaster.
The most common way for a prophecy to be told is from an oracle, most notably the Oracle of Delphi. Even in ancient time, people would come from all over Greece and beyond to see the Oracle, who would speak the prophecies of Apollo. Over time the spirit of the Oracle went from host to host, eventually arriving in America. The Oracle would speak prophecies for quests for demigods, and even spoke the first Great Prophecy, warning of the possible destruction of Olympus. This prophecy eventually lead Hades to place a curse on the Oracle, trapping her in her current body. Even after death, the Oracle spoke prophecies to demigods at Camp Half-Blood until she was eventually replaced by Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who spoke the next Great Prophecy, later called the Prophecy of Seven.
The Roman Legion however relied on the Sibylline Books, a collection of books that were said to outline every major event in the history of Rome. The books however were said to be lost, with only a few pages surviving a fire. The prophecies that were saved were engraved on the floor of the Temple of Jupiter and are watched over by an Augur. Augurs are also able to see the will of the gods, usually with sacrifices of some kind (including stuffed animals). Depending on the skill of the Augur, a prophecy can appear unclear or the Augur cannot understand the message (as shown when Octavian was not sure if the message was "The Greek has arrived" or "The goose has cried" ).
