01-18-2008, 03:01 AM
I would think it definitely anecdotal.
It may well be (pardon the pun) that the Persians were executed in some fashion. It was anything but normal practice to murder the emissaries of another state and, given the interminable internecine Greek wars, it's not like the Greeks had no experience of such interstate diplomatic to-ing and fro-ing.
I doubt, also, that one would defile a well with the dead unless the well was dry. Then again, any people who could stomach melas zomos regularlywould hardly be bothered by a well overcome by putrifaction.
It may well be (pardon the pun) that the Persians were executed in some fashion. It was anything but normal practice to murder the emissaries of another state and, given the interminable internecine Greek wars, it's not like the Greeks had no experience of such interstate diplomatic to-ing and fro-ing.
I doubt, also, that one would defile a well with the dead unless the well was dry. Then again, any people who could stomach melas zomos regularlywould hardly be bothered by a well overcome by putrifaction.
Paralus|Michael Park
Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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