Π Ι Ω in The Library of Alexandria?

[rbfeik]

Does anybody know the reason for the "Π Ι Ω", Pi, Iota, & Omega letters that appear on the wall in several places of the The Library of Alexandria?

[HarleyCroft]

Interesting
I have no idea though! Hope somebody does

[Zreen001]

From wikipedia (some information removed for brevity, relevancy, and clarity):

Pi (/paɪ/; uppercase Π, lowercase π and ϖ; Greek: πι [pi]) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the sound [p]. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 80. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Pe.

Iota (/aɪˈoʊtə/; uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: ιώτα) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. In the system of Greek numerals, iota has a value of 10. Iota represents the sound [i]. In ancient Greek it occurred in both long [iː] and short [i] versions, but this distinction was lost in Koine Greek. Iota participated as the second element in falling diphthongs, with both long and short vowels as the first element. Where the first element was long, the iota was lost in pronunciation at an early date, and was written in polytonic orthography as iota subscript, in other words as a very small ι under the main vowel. The former diphthongs became digraphs for simple vowels in Koine Greek.

Omega (capital: Ω, lowercase: ω; Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/Isopsephy(Gematria), it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" (ō mega, mega meaning "great"), as opposed to omicron, which means "little O" (o mikron, micron meaning "little"). As the last letter of the Greek alphabet, Omega is often used to denote the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of a set, in contrast to alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

Omega is also quite well-known to be used in media depicting an apocalypse or crisis.

So we have some shared bits of information:
Pi:

• 16th Greek letter
• represents "p"
• value of 80

Iota:

• 9th Greek letter
• represents "i"
• value of 10

Omega:

• 24th Greek letter (and last)
• represents "O" (not o)
• value of 800

Greek letters: 16-9-24
Represents: p-i-O
Values: 80-10-800

Addition of Greek letters: 49
Subtraction: -17
Multiplication: 3,456
Division: 0.074R

Addition of values: 890
Subtraction: -730
Multiplication: 640,000
Division: 0.01

...not sure if this helps anything, but it's worth a shot

[red_lion]

Could it be a reference to the puzzle in Tomb Raider 1 with the Greek letters? ( I don't know which greek letters it was)

Or could the Greek letters a reference to the names of developers of Core?

[JoelCaesar]

Maybe its just design aesthetic and there aren't any reasons behind it.

[Talos Munera]

Originally Posted by rbfeik

Does anybody know the reason for the "Π Ι Ω", Pi, Iota, & Omega letters that appear on the wall in several places of the The Library of Alexandria?

In Modern Greek, the verb "Pino" (Πίνω) and the Future "Tha pio" (Θα πιώ ΘΑ ΠΙΩ) means "Drink " and its future. And I laugh every time I see it it's funny XD

[trfan16]

Originally Posted by JoelCaesar

Maybe its just design aesthetic and there aren't any reasons behind it.

This would be my guess to. Although there was an pretty interesting topic here a while ago about how some of the textures in TRIV are based off real world architecture and works of art. So I wouldn't be surprised if there was an reasoning behind the Greek letters being included.

[CroftManiac05]

Originally Posted by Talos Munera

And I laugh every time I see it it's funny XD

hahaha me too!
"πιω"... Τι θα πιεις ρε μαναρακι?

[Talos Munera]

Originally Posted by CroftManiac05

hahaha me too!
"πιω"... Τι θα πιεις ρε μαναρακι?

Μια μπίρα αχαχ λωλ τι ειναι μαναρακι; Δεν ειμαι ελληνιδα μα ιταλιδα μαθήτρια ελληνικών!

They play a little game on the Pio word, which in modern Greek is "Drink". Here, we drink a beer XD (but im not greek, i'm italian, sorry adelfe XD)

[CroftManiac05]

Originally Posted by Talos Munera

Μια μπίρα αχαχ λωλ τι ειναι μαναρακι; Δεν ειμαι ελληνιδα μα ιταλιδα μαθήτρια ελληνικών!

They play a little game on the Pio word, which in modern Greek is "Drink". Here, we drink a beer XD (but im not greek, i'm italian, sorry adelfe XD)

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