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I hope Tim hasn't gone to bed yet...it is only 5:30 p.m. where I am, and I > happened to be editing a selection from Symmachus' History of the Patriarchs, > on the persecutions under Decius and the leadership of Dionysius, Patriarch of > Alexandria. In that time, a certain "old man named Metras was seized; and his > captors said to him 'Wilt thou worship the idols?' But he refused; and so they > inflicted upon him a painful beating, and wounded his face with styli. Then > they led him out of the city, and stoned him until he died." [sorry, no chicken > bones in evidence]. > For the curious, this is from the Patrologia Orientalis Tome 1 > Fascicule 2, trans B. Evetts (from the Arabic). (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1948), p. > 180. My publisher cannot locate copyrighters for this piece. > My translation of Eusebius concerning Metras says they attacked him > with pointed reeds. > So punsters, have at it. I still have hours of daylight and of work > ahead of me.... > > Karen Jolly > History > University of Hawai'i at Manoa > [log in to unmask] I did go to sleep, but it's now morning here in England and "I'm baaaack..." so on to today's little distraction: Metras was seized, midst discord, And asked "wilt thou worship our lord?" When he protested "Nay!" He found out the hard way, That the pen is mightier than the sword. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%