Simply Quintessential
Quintessence was one of the names for the fifth element. Another word used was ether. Greek philosophers of the Classical period used the dodecahedron to represent this concept. It was an emblem for the Heavens and the stuff of which it is made.
The dodecahedron is better known to many as the 12-sided die and, for quite a long while, I have wanted to try building one using LEGO. This was mentioned in the Comments on my July 22 entry in this contest – Course Correction.
In myth, Harmonia was a daughter of Ares and the first Queen of the Greek city of Thebes. Despite her father’s portfolio, she was the goddess of unity. The Romans called her Concordia, which literally means “with one’s heart”. We certainly do feel in our hearts that we’ll one day establish a permanent human presence on Mars
The spaceship Concordia uses 882 parts, 240 of which make the basic dodecahedron, which serves as the frame around a fusion reactor. And as that hasn’t yet been invented, why couldn’t it look like this?
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