Mycenaean Warriors

[hoplite14gr]

Dan is right that Homer talking of specific personalities does not describe 8-shaped shields. But Homer also does not describe the common infantry in as much detail as the heroic personalities.
It is possibly the pike blocks had sakkos or 8-shaped shilds like the ones on the Thera frescko and the Palaces fresckoes.
Linear B tablets of Pylos and Crete prove that the state was arming the troops. So pike, big shield, helmet and dagger are very cheap way to arm the militia. Noble of cource would have the various armor specimens found in excavations.
Kind regards
Stefanos