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In Zack Snyder's Justice League when the Amazonians warn Wonder Woman about the attack of Darkseid they light an Amazonian shrine using an arrow. There was a message engraved on the arrow. I would like to know the message that was written was in which language. What was written on the arrow i.e. the English translation of the message?
During a 3/18/21 live watch-along via scener, Director Zack Snyder explained in the chat that the text on the arrow provides a means back to Themyscira:
zacksnyder: Yes, she's going back to Themyscira. The arrow of Artemis tells her how to get there.
It's written in greek and it generally makes sense. The style of painting and the language is not classical Greek, but more medieval/Byzantine writing. (You will find similar icons and language used in any greek orthodox church). It's a description of the plot. It speak of invaders from the stars, three tribes of people of the earth, parademons falling from the skies, someone rushing to a conspiracy etc etc. (haven't finished the movie yet, so I am probably missing the other references). In the last shot, the names SKOTOMIDIS and DARKSIDOS are written in greek. This is actually impressive, as it is not a simple transliteration from English, but how such names would have been written by a greek in a hellinized form.
