Ascians' Thematic Purppose

James Wynn · 31 Jan 2006, 00:35 · from 2006-January.txt.gz

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From: thewynns at earthlink.net (James Wynn)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:35:23 -0500
Subject: (urth) Ascians' Thematic Purppose
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>Didn't Wolfe claim a classical origin for the word
> Ascian?

Yes, Ascian means "shadowless". Since the Ascians work for Erebus (which is
the "darkness of Tartaros" according to Hesiod), they are ironically without
a shadow, because they are in total darkness. To review this discussion, see
here
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0208/
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0208/1509.txt.shtml
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0208/1510.txt.shtml
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0208/1512.txt.shtml
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0208/1515.txt.shtml
etc.etc.etc.

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