The Night Villa (2008)
“He said that the view reminded him of the view from the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, which is exactly where it turns out Phineas found The Golden Verses. And where else had Lyros excavated? Samos, Delphi, Eleusis…the birthplace of Pythagoras and then the two most important religious shrines in ancient Greece—the same places Phineas had traveled to. Had they both been tracking the lost writing of Pythagoras?
I remember, too, that at our dinner last night Lyros had pretended never to have ...heard of the Tetraktys, and yet he’d known without me telling him that the cult believed in the transmigration of the soul. I had also noticed Lyros’s own obsession with numbers. It made sense, but one thing bothers me.
“If John Lyros is really your magos, and he wanted all along to keep Elgin away from The Golden Verses—”
“He didn’t just want to keep him away,” Ely corrects me, “he wanted him dead. But he couldn’t try again after Dale killed himself.”
“Then why did Lyros invite the Papyrus Project here to use his villa for lab space and living quarters?MoreLess
I remember, too, that at our dinner last night Lyros had pretended never to have ...heard of the Tetraktys, and yet he’d known without me telling him that the cult believed in the transmigration of the soul. I had also noticed Lyros’s own obsession with numbers. It made sense, but one thing bothers me.
“If John Lyros is really your magos, and he wanted all along to keep Elgin away from The Golden Verses—”
“He didn’t just want to keep him away,” Ely corrects me, “he wanted him dead. But he couldn’t try again after Dale killed himself.”
“Then why did Lyros invite the Papyrus Project here to use his villa for lab space and living quarters?MoreLess
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