06-25-2011, 11:32 PM
I guess that most of you know of Amphipolis, an Athenian colony in Thrace, which was eventually incorporated in the Macedonian kingdom and even had a good share of the Hetairoi.
Here are some pics I took today, unfortunately I did not have much time to take multiple photos to be sure, since I was just passing through, so they are not all really good quality but thought that they might interest you guys...
These were labeled "aichmes doraton - spearpoints" but look like sauroters. Yet, they seem to be awful small to be either... take a look..
[attachment=1166]aixmes-sauroteres.jpg[/attachment]
See the colors on this pottery guys, amazing...
[attachment=1167]pott1.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1168]pott2.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1169]pott3.jpg[/attachment]
This is a bronze age sword. Look at its size and proportions...
[attachment=1170]sword.jpg[/attachment]
This round thing at the right of the rider's head just under the darn flash is a petassos... Unfortunately I did not check the pic, which I so regret. See, how he wears it like a shield...
[attachment=1172]ipppetasos.jpg[/attachment]
This they said was from the 5th century, but it looks like 3rd even 1st to me... What do you say? Look at the armor and the shield...
[attachment=1171]tymb1.jpg[/attachment]
There was also a very interesting engraved text commemorating the victories of some Amphipolitan hetairoi of Alexander the Great in some contests he organized in Tyre!
Here are some pics I took today, unfortunately I did not have much time to take multiple photos to be sure, since I was just passing through, so they are not all really good quality but thought that they might interest you guys...
These were labeled "aichmes doraton - spearpoints" but look like sauroters. Yet, they seem to be awful small to be either... take a look..
[attachment=1166]aixmes-sauroteres.jpg[/attachment]
See the colors on this pottery guys, amazing...
[attachment=1167]pott1.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1168]pott2.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1169]pott3.jpg[/attachment]
This is a bronze age sword. Look at its size and proportions...
[attachment=1170]sword.jpg[/attachment]
This round thing at the right of the rider's head just under the darn flash is a petassos... Unfortunately I did not check the pic, which I so regret. See, how he wears it like a shield...
[attachment=1172]ipppetasos.jpg[/attachment]
This they said was from the 5th century, but it looks like 3rd even 1st to me... What do you say? Look at the armor and the shield...
[attachment=1171]tymb1.jpg[/attachment]
There was also a very interesting engraved text commemorating the victories of some Amphipolitan hetairoi of Alexander the Great in some contests he organized in Tyre!