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6 athletic attributes
On the second podcast from Eli Hunt the six attributes of an athlete are mentioned:
- sofia = wisdom
- thumos = courage
- chariton = charm
- dikaiosune = leadership
- sophrosune = temperence
- mythopeia = storytelling
The 6 amnesiacs suddenly "remember" names:
- Mei Hui = sofia696 (see video)
- Markus = thumos696 (see blog entry)
- Noriko = sophrosune696 (see video)
- Diego = mythopoeia696 (see video)
- Lucie = chariton696
The number 696 is a reference that 2008 is in the 696th olympiad (= 4 years) since the first olympiad (776 BC).
Thelostring.com video I
- On the thelostring site a video is shown, having some interesting "hidden" information. (Caps from the video)
- Several text snippets could be seen, leading to: When you ready to receive data look to delphi
- The following cap has been identified as Bryant Park, NY
- The Code:
- Some attempts have been made to decipher (1) the blurry Greek letters (2) the meaning.
- The following have been suggested, mostly places:
Athena
Olumpia (Olympia)
Th bai (Thebes, missing e)Thermopulai (Thermopylae)
leusis (Eleusis, missing E)
pidauros (Epidauros, missing E)Argos
lis (Elis, missing E)
Tegea
- Map of the identified cities
Eli podcast pictures
- There are several pictures from the Eli podcasts, which still need translation/interpretation.
- To avoid redundant information, the pictures could be found with the respective podcasts
Monica and the story of 1888
- Monica wrote an email to Diego in which she said the same story happened many years ago. Three images have been attached to the email, one showing the backside of a postcard.
- Translates to coordinates (where the former 6 athletes have been?)
- we are here 40.4167, -3.7033 (-->MADRID - Sol metro srtation)
- and here 51.4646, -0.1705 (-->LONDON - Clapham Junction railroad station)
- and here 55.6763, 12.5681 (-->COPENHAGEN - Looks like this might be a bus station?)
- and here 42.3589, -71.0568 (-->BOSTON - State subway station)
- and here 43.6702, -79.3868 (-->TORONTO - Bloor Yonge subway station)
- and here -22.9035, -43.2096 (-->RIO DE JANEIRO)
- Monica sent a scan of the book she showed in the video
Transcription...
The Omphalos Code
- In a new podcast Eli Hunt described the Omphalos Code, which was used as some kind of ancient "GPS".
- The code is always "first number - visual symbol - second number"
- First number: distance in Stadion (Each stadium is equal to 184.9 meters
- visual symbol: rough heading. Imagine zodiac circle with virgo to the north.
- Second number (1-30): fine heading. Each zodiac represents a section of 30 degree. So this gives an additional offset.
- The visual symbol includes one redirection. A symbol for one of the Olympic Gods is used. This god is again ascociated to the zodiac.
- On this site the connection between Olympian Gods and zodiac is explained. There are several different systems. The system from "Manilius" fits perfectly to the information of Eli's podcast (Sagittarius - Artemis, Virgo - Demeter, Aries - Athena). In table 5 of the site the connection of zodiac to Roman Olympian Gods is shown. Table 2 of the site shows the duality of Roman and Greek Gods.
- Symbols known so far are from the podcast
Direction
N (0-29)
NNE (30-59)
NEE (60-89)
E (90-119)
SEE (120-149)
SSE (150-179)
S (180-209)
SSW (210-239)
SWW (240-269)
W (270-299)
NWW (300-329)
NNW (330-359)
Zodiac
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Roman Gods
Ceres
Vulcan
Mars
Diana
Vesta
Juno
Neptune
Minerva
Venus
Apollo
Mercury
Jupiter
Greek Gods
Demeter
Hephaistos
Ares
Artemis
Hestia
Hera
Poseidon
Athena
Aphrodite
Apollo
Hermes
Zeus
Symbol
Wheat
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Bow and Arrow
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Trident
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The Secret
Because this puzzle seems very huge here is an extra wikipage: The_Secret