Ancient Runes, or as Sophocles would say, "Edifice Wrecks"

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 25114

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> Haggridd wrote:
>  
> > I always thought that Ancient Runs were those things that
> > archaeologists dug up, with all the old buildings and stuff.
> 
> Let's not confuse "Runes" (a writing system) with "Ruins" (what
> you get when a building falls down).
> 
> As for "Ancient Runs," I believe the technical name is
> "coproliths."  ;)
> 
> 
> --Margaret Dean
>   <margdean at e...>

No, "Ancient Runs" were those athletic competitions that the Greeks 
used to hold every four years at Olympus.  (And if you had to hold it 
for four years, you became exceptionally motivated to run.)

Haggridd