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He says he's a Turk,
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and as a Turk would normally
pray 5 times a day.
:35:19
But he only prays
3 times a day now -
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- because the children
scoff at him.
:35:31
He has a printed copy
of the inscription.
:35:35
About our stone too?
:35:36
About this one too;
:35:38
I can read it to you,
if you like.
:35:44
Don't mind if it is
only fragmentary.
:35:47
Much of it is omitted.
:35:52
"...have shown reverence
to the gods, -
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- have offered thanks to the gods,
also the inhabitants of Cos..."
:35:59
The text begins
right in the middle.
:36:02
It continues like this:
:36:04
"...for the days are sure;
the merchants sigh no more, -
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- and the ports join
in the rejoicing:
:36:11
- For the seas are safe,
the pirates destroyed.
:36:16
All the robbers and their chief
have been hanged, -
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- even his dog has been hanged."
:36:22
I can't make much of that.
:36:28
You've got the wrong idea.
:36:31
The ancient Greeks
weren't like that.
:36:34
During the Olympic games,
they put stones between their knuckles -
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- and covered them
with leather straps.
:36:40
They smashed
their noses to pulp.