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Re: [ARTIFACT] Ch. 21 (@ Melbourne, Australia)

**Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:45 pm

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jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

Micah is a he this time? I thought Micah was a she somewhere else.

I think it is interesting that the Ancient Greek agonothetai kept their purposes secret. "Few knew their true aim" and this was even before "the repression of the ancient Olympics by the Roman Empire." But does that mean it was secret from the beginning? Or does it mean after 480 BC, when the alliance of Ancient Greek city-states forbade the Labyrinth as a sport?

If they kept their true aim quiet from the beginning, that seems like a mistake. Wouldn't they want the world to know what was so important about the most important game? I can see the oracles keeping mum about how they were getting their oracular information. It wouldn't be good for the oracle business if everyone knew what they were really seeing. But what motive could agonothetai have?

Also, this sentence about "the circle of allied worlds" makes me wonder if there are worlds that are against the allied worlds. I think I assumed that the worlds that weren't involved we're just uninformed, because a world that was aware of the danger would surely join the effort. Is this where the opposition comes from?

**Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:43 pm