Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

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1 revision: Discworld import 2

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A central meeting point and marketplace (Saturdays) in [[Ankh-Morpork]], a wide-open public space with fountains, upon one side of which are the Great Gates of [[Unseen University]]. It is overlooked by the Clock Tower (housing [[Old Tom]]) and connected to [[Plaza of Broken Moons]] by the [[Cham]].

In {{SM}}, [[The Band With Rocks In|the Band with Rocks In]] are told to report here, to the offices of their new manager [[C.M.O.T. Dibbler]]. It takes them some time to realise that Dibbler has a ''very'' open-plan office, from which he usually sells sausage-inna-bun from a tray slung round his neck...

Sator Square is also a place where free speech is allowed, if not encouraged, and is a place for ranters, haranguers, and self-absorbed mumblers to say their piece. This all comes under the heading of street theatre, and no doubt the [[Patrician]] has somebody in the crowd to memorise names and faces and take notes, on the off-chance that what is said might actually be important, or lead to consequences.

==Annotation==
Pratchett's source for the name is obviously the "SATOR Square", the most famous of magical {{wp|Word_square|Word Squares}}, which looks like this:
<tt>
S A T O R 
A R E P O 
T E N E T 
O P E R A 
R O T A S 
</tt>
 

In Germany, as early as the late Roman era, it was engraved on silver plates which were then thought to put out house fires, and on silver money to remove a fever or other curse. It was also written on parchment and the parchment fed to cattle to keep them from being bewitched. It is a palindrome and can spell out other latin phrases, google it and find out.

[[Category:Streets of Ankh-Morpork]][[de:Hiergibt'salles-Platz]]

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