Mycenaean Warriors

[hoplite14gr]

The Dipylon and Beotian shields are an evolution of the 8-shaped shield.
8-shaped was an evolution over sakkos and the fact that appears on the palace frescoes testifies to its value as a battle winner.
Dypilon and Beotian, if you trust traditonal chronolgy, is the "Dark Age" Geometric era shield and might have appeared on the Trojan war.
The fully metal covered shields of some Homeric heroes might have been like the hoplon.
Connolly gave Achilleus an Austrian helmet because that was availble when he wrote the book. We still wait for a full exibition of the Thebes arsenal that will allow a new consept in reconstruction.
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