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[drizjr]

achilles futures

[Carmilla]

The following is my interpretation of the Futures. Whether we can use this or not, who knows

The Eagle = Aquila http://www.dibonsmith.com/aql_con.htm ("The Eagle")

The Spider = Orion http://www.prvni-civilizace.cz/maia/mezoam/mezoam/nazca/orion.htm ("Like a spider the Orion spin net around the equinoctial line")

The Wave = Baveras http://www.santharia.com/cosmos/stars_water.htm (Maybe as the Futures do reference a triangle. From website: "On each side of the triangle two stars lead to the central star, culminating in it, thus forming the symbol of a wave"

The Archer = Sagittarius http://www.dibonsmith.com/sgr_con.htm ("Romans who named the constellation Sagittarius ("sagitta" is Latin for `arrow')")

The Half-filled Jug - Aquarius http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Aquarius.html ("Water Bearer")

The Dragon = Draco http://www.dibonsmith.com/dra_con.htm

The Three Balls ?

The Dice = Virgo http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/myths/virgo.htm ("When Dice felt that mankind no longer respected justice, she retreated to the mountains and later abandoned the earth for the sky becoming the Virgin")

The Maze = Taurus http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w536950/Courses/AST112/constellation_taurus.htm (Maybe. Labyrinth = Maze?)

The Apple-Thief = Hercules http://www.dibonsmith.com/dra_con.htm ("The eleventh task of Heracles (some references say it was the Twelfth) was to steal the golden apples from the apple tree")

The Hand ?

The Baby = Ursa Minor http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/uc/universe/2/ucu2_3a.html (Little Bear; "The Bear and the Baby" an animated version of the Roman myth on how Ursa Major and Ursa Minor got into the heavens)

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[geofortean]

Would the maze be Theseus and/or the Minotaur - sticking to the Greek Myths kinda theme? The only Greek myth thing I can think of for "three balls" is to do with the Harpies (I think they were Harpies anyways) who shared an eye... but there was only the one eyeball.

[geofortean]

And Hesperides kept picking golden apples from a tree (a greek myth scrumper) and Hera placed a dragon who was never overcome by sleep to protect the tree and stop the scrumping, until Hercules came along and killed the dragon with arrows dipped in the poison of the hydra... So if you roll with that - is Hercules or Hesperides the apple thief?

Maybe I'm just making it fit the needs, but it does tie in to a kind of Greek Myths kind of theme, with Achilles etc...

[leakingpen]

ive anagramed each name, with and without the, and each group of three, the same. nothing good. on the comparisons to other constellations, nice. i know i know something that might be the three balls, but i cant recall, and the google, she does nothing.

also, on the person who told the person who mentioned e to search...

rhetorical question anyone? same as the person who made the comment of, what was that 24 digit number again? that was their way of saying, maybe we should look at it, not asking someone to post it. relax people....

the apples! right.

only... i was thinking of the foot race

[InspJJ]

'bout time this went in 'puzzles' methinks......

[rose]

ideas

[Alison_1]

[sdagq3yasf]

Pietro Salk - Split Korea

Anagrams are fun.

[Alison_1]

[dashcat]

I was thinking that the Spider was either Arachne or Artemis. Arachne was turned into a spider by Artemis when she beat Artemis at a weaving contest. Artemis is also known as a skilled Archer as is Apollo.

The name of the Dragon that guarded the Golden Apples was Ladon

I just found this:

Cheiron
Cheiron, or Chiron, was the King of the Centaurs, and unlike the rest of his race was known for his wisdom, kindness, and his extensive knowledge of healing. He was the son of Cronos and Philyra. Originally, he was the Thessalian God of Healing, but that changed when the Hellenic Gods took over. He was incorporated as the wise centaur. In Greek Mythology, he was the tutor of Asclepius, Theseus, and Achilles (among others). When he left earth, died, or whatever, he was placed in the sky as the constellation Sagittarius. The name means "hand".[/b]

[terminalskeptik]

[Rolerbe]

Clues to ... what?

[halfbakedbliss]

Promethus stole fire from the gods to give to the natives, could a Perplex City denizen steal The Cube to give to us?