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[thebruce]

Can I just make a quick reminder/tip about spoilers: Don't worry about spoil tagging speculation or ideas. Please reserve them for things like puzzle solutions or generally accepted key plot points people might not want revealed (re books, movies, etc). Let's try to avoid littering general discussion with big red boxes

[Tenshi Akui]

Got a new post on Geneva's blog. Pretty interesting sounding town to tell the truth.

[m0r1arty]

Blog post is here (for convenience).

I totally called it on those cookies

-m0r

[Necropolitan]

New blog post on Cassidy

this is getting more and more interesting!

[alexalgebra]

So we got a new parents and teachers email today...was there a new board members one?

[amandel]

[SteamPunkV]

[draghkar]

for those that have not received the email, below the full mail:

[SteamPunkV]

The wiki page on Arete, pretty much says what the e-mail suggests:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

[Ameliå]

also the names of the historical figures spell out THREE also

[bluesylvia]

Some interesting things of note on the names used thus far:

- Ares (the cafe) is the Greek God of war. His companions of war are Deimos (haven't seen someone with a similar name as this yet) and Phobos (meaning "fear" and looks suspiciously similar to the name Phoebe)
- Cassidy (Cassandra in Greek mythology) was extremely beautiful and had the gift of prophecy. She foresaw the destruction of Troy but no one believed her.
- Talos - giant bronze man who protected Crete
- Herodotus - historian, sometimes sarcastically called the "father of lies" by those of his time
- Rhea - mother of the Greek Gods
- Euripides - great tragedian who wrote 80-95 plays
- Euclid - Greek mathematician called the "father of geometry"

I find it interesting that they say they are incorporating "historical figures" into their curriculum but only three out of the five were actual people.

So, long story short, don't drink the coffee! ;p

[Tenshi Akui]

Well I must say all the Greek history is very cool. I don't have much else to add as everyone is on the ball big time today.

One thing of note I think it's interesting that both Geneva's mom and Nic's mom are paranoid about them being out there. Wonder if it's mothers intuition on that.

As for Cassy, well there goes that bet LOL.
Really interested in where this one is going!

[krystalinn]

Kind of new here, but I wanted to post some things I noticed. They may mean something, they may not:

In the Wikipedia article on "Arete" there is a section that says this:

"Arete is a significant part of the paideia of ancient Greeks: the training of the boy to manhood. This training in arete included: physical training, for which the Greeks developed the gymnasion; mental training, which included oratory, rhetoric, and basic sciences; and spiritual training, which included music and what is called virtue."

Also to add to what bluesylvia said: In Mythology Talos was either drugged or driven mad by the Keres (female death spirits). Here is the Wiki on the Keres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keres_(mythology)

(the parenthesis break the url so just copy and paste)

It's all very interesting, but again it might mean nothing.

I also sent out an email to the school to see if my daughter would be accepted as a late admission. We'll see what happens.

[draghkar]

the list of names seems to be growing:

primordial

• Joy Sudsworth
  
• Jackie Gregory
  
• Doreen Watkins
  

rustic

• Glenna Shelby
  
• Terra Cook
  
• Avis Harrison
  

initiates

• Nicolas Wonders
  
• Geneva Ryder
  

the Three

• Cassidy Rakes
  
• MacKenzie Clayton
  
• Cori Fisherman
  

[SteamPunkV]

Digging a bit into Greek history, Primordial could refer to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_primordial_deities

and Rustic this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological_figures#Rustic_deities