Hyperboreans recognized heroes as those warriors who had single-handedly vanquished monsters. Each of five Hyperboreans, Actaeon, Ceyx, Minos, Nisus, and Pyramus, had accomplished this feat. They defeated one sea serpent, two griffins (whose bodies were lions and head and wings were eagles) and two chimaeras (whose foreparts were lions and hindparts were dragons).
All Hyperboreans are either Sororeans, who always speak truthfully; Nororeans, who always speak falsely; Midroreans, who make statements that are alternately truthful and false; or those few Outliers who do not abide by the land's traditions. How truthful an Outlier's statements are is unknown, except that they are not the same as those who are Sororeans, Nororeans, or Midroreans. As to the five heroes, little is known of their standards of veracity, except that one of them, and only one, is an Outlier.
Based on their statements below, can you determine the group of each hero, and what type of monster each defeated?
Acateon:
- Everything Minos states is false.
- I did not defeat a griffin.
- Ceyx defeated a griffin.
- I agree with Nisus' first statement.
Ceyx:
- I defeated a sea serpent.
- Minos did not defeat a chimaera.
- Nisus defeated a chimaera.
- Actaeon defeated a griffin.
Minos:
- I agree with Actaeon's first statement.
- Ceyx did not defeat a chimaera.
- Actaeon is not a Sororean.
- I defeated a sea seprent.
Nisus:
- Minos' third statement is false.
- I defeated a chimaera.
- Actaeon did not defeat a griffin.
- Pyramus defeated a chimaera.
Pyramus:
- Nisus defeated a sea serpent.
- Minos is a Midrorean.
- Actaeon is not a Nororean.
- Ceyx defeated a chimaera.
Acateon is a Nororean. He defeated a griffin.
Ceyx is a Sororean. He defeated the sea serpent.
Minos is the Outlier. He defeated a griffin.
Ninus is a Midrorean. He defeated a chimaera.
Pyramus is a Nororean. He defeated a chimaera.
Posted by: Whirlbat | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Yep~ ^_^
Posted by: Kami (狼) | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 11:13 PM