(urth) Ascians' Thematic Purppose

[James Wynn]

>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.