quote: Incidentally, why was the Arrow taken to Caprica?
Y'know, the tomb was probably first constructed by the "Gods" almost immediately upon arrival on Kobol from Earth. As for why the arrow was taken ... well, perhaps after the tomb's construction, the arrow was moved out of the Apollo statue and kept elsewhere -- another, generic Apollo statue? When the colonists were fleeing Kobol, someone grabbed the arrow (possibly only as a memento of the Land of the Gods) and took it with.
quote: And I'm stroking my chin thoughtfully about the possibility of a connection between the maker/owner of the Arrow and the callsign of our CAG...
More like, "Wow, that Lee Adama's a really good pilot ... almost god like, really. Hmmm. Let's call him 'Apollo.'"
Lee has it taped to the nose of his Viper in future episodes. "It's my call sign, my arrow." Except not really.
Basically it sounds like the humans that came to inhabit Kobol came from elsewhere. Whether that is Earth or not is debatable.
So were they "transported" to Earth or was it just a projection. We didn't see them leave the "map-room." I expect a fair number of questions about their origins and where they are heading could be answered with a thorough forensic/archeological examination of the tomb. Like Simon I am curious about specific things in this system.
I experienced similar frustrations with the miniseries and the crew not utilizing science to uncover potentially vital information.
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Snay -- once again Saggitarius =/= Apollo. The only archer in the Zodiac is a centaur. Apollo was not a centaur.
So what I was getting at is... It's called the Arrow of Apollo, but it fits on (was part of?) the statue of Saggitarius. Granted Apollo was a patron of archery, but why was his Arrow in the Tomb. As he was also prophetic, might he have known what would eventually happen in the here-and-now? More interesting hints can be found here.
While I'm at it, some historical edification on the inspiration for the Cylons can be found here. Incidentally, the main site has been one of my favourite BSG resources for some time. A little browsing of the sections and articles can be most edifying, but I just want to direct attention to the section(s) on the dead Larson/Moyer and DeSanto/Singer projects for those who might not know about the messy road between Galactica 1980 and the new SciFi series.
And perhaps the most painful (for me) "what might have been", this is what I was hoping would actually get made. *sigh*
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quote:Apollo was the god of music (principally the lyre, and he directed the choir of the Muses) and also of prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery
Prophecy and colonization? What if Apollo was the Lord of Kobol that led mankind to the 12 colonies, that would explain how the arrow ended up on Caprica (he took it there) and why there (might) be a statue of him in Athena's tomb. Apollo + the 12 tribes on mankind = a depiction of the exodus from Kobol and the arrow shows the way the other lot went.
One thing though, if that was Athena's tomb, then where was Athena?
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Death is a little more fluid a concept for gods, and we're still not convinced there were any real Lords of Kobol, are we?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a gravesite somewhere in the middle of nowhere for Captain James T. Kirk, a fictional character who not only never died, but also never existed in the first place?
Yes, but when you think about it, if the Colonists held their Gods to these high standards -- why not build a tomb for Athena?
I mean, my whole point was, Jim Kirk is a fictional character who was never born & certainly never died -- yet there are memorials to his birth AND death!
I mean, god, if people'll do that for Kirk, what would a society which revered their gods as much as the Colonists did, why wouldn't they build tombs for their gods?
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For one thing, because gods are supposedly immortal?
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