In my last theory (
) here I avoided every relation with the names in the game with every reference in mythology. The reason was a simple one, I tried to use the info inside the game itself before attempting to make correlations with "our" mythology.
But today Ill try to use at least some info so we can all go more crazy with our theories. Ill talk about Hyas, Dione and Calypso, and then talk about the message that the Syndicate gave us. So, Ill avoid talking about Ogigia (because some of you already said a lot) or Thanatos. But feel free to share anything (or correct me).
We have A LOT of references to Greek culture or mythology, and im not talking only about names, we have concepts like destiny, and even statues/sculptures, so there is a lot but Ill talk about some of them.
Dione is the weakest of the 'Weapons of Atlas', or at least thats what they said, in mythology Hyas is the figure that represents a father/brother for the hyades, a group of nymphs (and in this group we can find Dione). Not only that, but the hyades are related to rain, being this an important concept in Kredon.
In Greek mythology the butterflies are related to the psyche, the soul (maybe a metaphor of the souls that travels to Eternum?).
The goddess of the Moon (Selene) is represented, in Greek culture, by a moth, and that goddess, in Roman culture was called Luna.
Calypso name means "to conceal" or "to hide", and that was the way we found her, she was the only weapon of Atlas that was hidden in a place where no one was supposed to find her.
Now the Syndicate message:
askion kataskion lix tetrax damnameneus aision or
aisia
If you google it you will find that those are Greek formulas called Ephesia Grammata. I tried to find more about this topic and how it was used, but I only found two references that Ill put here:
1- Ephesia Grammata has a meaning like a curse
2- but another chance related to protection
And here some interpretations about the meaning of the words
Earth-Year-Sun could be something about cycles, as the one that we keep repeating, and the "darkness" could be abour our "skill", being it related to brightness, so nothing evil or good in its own.
There is a lot of possible metaphors here, like the way that the Founder has white hair with white clothes, Idriel white hair and dark clothes, and the woman from our nightmares both dark hair and clothes (and even the "dark Idriel" version in the flash in the Rome server).
Im not even sure that the "head or tail" game with the coin that Idriel was playing was "just a game". She tried some times to gave us info but we didnt ask the right questions (as she said), so what if she was trying to give us a hint about something? like related to Eternum and Uroboros? head of the snake or tail of a snake, and if you think of Uroboros eating her own tail... even Eternum logo is an Uroboros version, and we saw that at the end of the chapter and with the Syndicate letter
But I just wanted to post this info to you all. There are A LOT of info that I still dont know where to link it, like the background in the flashes (first time) we can see Benjamin (being in a strange place, but Ill go with the theory about him being used after death as an npc, so maybe the background was that place), then a Praetorian, but it doesnt look like the alley where Benjamin was excom..., and then Thanatos in a place that looks like a terrace or something like that, and finally the Founder where we can see some letters, but where is he? (
).
