Thread 2

Demetrius (8/26/99 8:20:14 pm)

Dead Priest

I just thought I would mention that it seems odd that the victim claimed he was from Athens but arrived in town with a bow and arrow, normally only familiar items carried by citizens of Crete. Might the priest - a Cretan - be a liar as is often talked about those countrymen? Why would he be posing as an Athenian? Was he even a priest?

Inquiring minds want to know....Demetrius

Herodotus and Pililippos (8/31/99 6:02:46 am) Dead priest

We have talked to many people and figured this: The statue the priest was carrying with him was stolen from a temple in crete many days a go and the temple guards had gone in search of the thief and were going to kill him if they found him. So the priest was the thief and one of the temple guard must have killed the priest (or should I say impostor because he was not a priest at all) he was just using it as an excuse to get sanctuary in the temple. As the bow and arrows he was planning to use it against the temple guards but the killer must have taken him by surprise. That is all I have to say on the subject.