Triskelion Triskelion A triskelion or triskele is a motif consisting of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry. The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human legs. Both terms are from Greek ("triskelion") or ("triskeles"), "three-legged", from prefix "τρι-" ("tri-"), "three times" + "σκέλος" ("skelos"), "leg". A triskelion is a traditional symbol of Sicily, where it is called "trinacria"; the Isle of Man, where it is known in Manx as "Tree Cassyn Vannin", and Brittany where it is known as "Triskèle". Ingushetia also has a (stylised) triskelion in its flag. The triskelion symbol appears in
The Gamesters of Triskelion the Triskelions "back into history [...] reinaugurating a kind of Hegelian dialectic of masters and slaves". The episode was originally titled "The Gamesters of Pentathlan". The original script called for Sulu instead of Chekov, but George Takei was away filming "The Green Berets" at the time. The Gamesters of Triskelion "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is the sixteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "," produced after John Meredyth Lucas had taken over for Gene L. Coon as the program's operating producer at the latter's request, first broadcast January 5, 1968, and repeated May 3, 1968. Catalogued