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precipice episode 3 puzzles
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After the first puzzle I'm overanalyzing each new chapter looking for a puzzle. With that disclaimer, is Euripedes Hark an anagram? The best combination I could come up with is "I see pure dark". Anybody else?
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On that note, I don't think Euripedes Hark is anything but an unusual and epic name. However...as I wrote about here, Ephemerous and Emeritus turned out to be more than just cool names, so I looked it up to be on the safe side.
As it turns out, Euripides was one of the last three great tragedians of Classical Athens (the other two of which were Sophocles and Aeschylus), and apparently was more into philosophy as opposed to the traditional gods.
As to how this relates to Precipice, I don't think it really does, sans the fact that Jerry/Tycho seems to have an affinity for Greek words/names that begin with E.
(admittedly it doesn't fit with the plot)
he is pure drake
also also ephemerous is a form of ephemeral which is short-lived
^This is true, though I didn't know the bit about ephemeral. But (via Google, I'll admit), the first thing I found was Euripides, the tragedian. However, now you've got me curious. So I took a look into the actual meaning of the name.
For the traditional name "Euripides," it's the word "eu--" meaning good, and "hripe", which means "swing; throw." So, essentially "good throw." This does still work for the alternate spelling, which could ultimately be used for a pun should the good Mr. Hark return to deliver a good throw or commend Gabe for a good swing while punching a supernatural something-or-other.
As for the suffixes "--pides" and "--pedes", I can't find a darned thing, so you may actually be onto something with the anagram.
...for the record, I feel like a complete geek right now for doing all that research...
I have a few questions though, if anyone could answer them.
By the jumbled sentence, I mean "To wit, the malhyrium harus ja has so witched their horgumir that it cannot even be friggen." Every time I look at it I feel compelled to consider it a cypher of some sort, and it's driving me mad.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
As for our friends in the malhyrium harus ja, it's their code. Basically,
"To wit (for example--actually, this is a real phrase), the malhyrium harus ja has so witched (jumbled) their horgomir (code) that it cannot even be friggen (understood)."
Of course, I could be wrong, because their horgomir is so witched up. But it's intended to be nonsense, so don't use up your time and energy trying to friggen it.
As for if they add anything to the story, I have no idea. The bit in chapter four could have potentially referred to
Or something could be missing. Either-or.