2/ The event that split them is called, as I said, "the Discord", which is also the name of an apple that Eris gave to a feast of the gods. ...in Greek legend.
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3/ The asteroids that the Dogs went to are not in the main belt, but are located in Jupiter's orbit, at the L-4 and L-5 points. These two clusters of asteroids are called the "Greek" and the "Trojan" asteroids clusters.
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4/ The Blue phyle, the more rational, calm, intellectual tribe is in the Greek trojans. The Orange phyle, the more militaristic tribe is in the Trojan ...ahem...trojans.
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5/ There are thus three societies in 2074 beyond Earth: * Aristillus * Blues * Oranges There is also a theme about the three ways to order society: * autonomy * government * family These map onto the societies. There are additional theologic and mythic correlations
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6/ ...but all of this is hidden, and never actually mentioned. It's just there if you want to read it a second (or fifth) time and start to wonder at certain coincidences.
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7/ I quite enjoyed a review at Amazon. Something like "this was interesting, and not explicitly stated ... I bet it wasn't intended"pic.twitter.com/BFtmeGPX37
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8/ YES, I TOOK SIX YEARS TO WRITE THIS AND HAD 90 FILES OF NOTES, AND THE INTERESTING BIT SOMEHOW WASN'T PLANNED BY ME / ESCAPED MY NOTICE GOOD TAKE
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9/ Oh, I forgot to mention one detail in my rant: The Apple of Discord, at the feast of the gods is what started the ... wait for it... Trojan War.
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oh dear god we got him started
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Dear dog you got him started you mean.
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