How long would it have taken you to kill that guy? As much as I like Lou Antonio, that guy was a walking piece of crap. As if ripping off Stavros at every turn wasn't bad enough, he then latches onto him so he can continue to brag about it. The blasphemy stuff was icing on the cake.
shareI have to admit I would have killed him--probably sooner than Stavros did.
While I am against any killing, I don't think there is anything Stavros could have done. Now, I can't understand the idea of giving a young man a treasure, while he had to travel on foot on no man's land. It is a miracle he reached Constantinople alive. In fact it was his sweet persona that helped him survive. I doubt he could fend off Osman's fake friendship. Osman was despicable, a sort of an outlaw thief, difficult to understand why he robbed Stavros as long as he mostly disposed the stolen property.
At that time it was a matter of who is more powerful or intelligent. But intelligence alone can't win a battle, it only helps. And law was favouring part of the people, the Ottoman Turks. Greeks and Armenians were second grade citizens.