07-21-2011, 03:36 AM
Don't really understand Battaglia's argument (or perhaps it's been lost in translation).
Presumably Diodoras was aware that the fight was "Sine Missone" so he would be more than a little niave to give Demetrios his weapon back of his own volition in a fight to the death.
It only makes sense if the Summa Rudis prevents Diodoras from finishing off Demetrios contrary to the rules of the Sine Missone fight and that Demetrios subsequently loses the bout and his life. In this way we could quite easily see why the relatives of Demetrios would blame the referee for his demise!
Presumably Diodoras was aware that the fight was "Sine Missone" so he would be more than a little niave to give Demetrios his weapon back of his own volition in a fight to the death.
It only makes sense if the Summa Rudis prevents Diodoras from finishing off Demetrios contrary to the rules of the Sine Missone fight and that Demetrios subsequently loses the bout and his life. In this way we could quite easily see why the relatives of Demetrios would blame the referee for his demise!
Marc Byrne
