12-07-2010, 11:02 AM
currently i am stumbling through a great many websites and finding a lot of pics i had never seen before. I am curious as to whether any one has seen vase paintings (or similar) that show the demi greave that the auction site that may or may not have the letter h in its name- as i had not seen this before-at all-or pictures of it being worn.
Double the interest (on that site) are the greaves that have what i must assume are a rustic/ simplistic rendition of athene - similar to the beautiful rendition on the so called samnite breast plate.
Today i was posted a flickr tink to the Thracian exhibition and at the end of the foto stream was a brilliant close up of a high quality hellenistic redition of Athene again!.Breathtaking- especially when compared to the almost tribal Thrakian renditions of possibly the same Godess. Hopefully I will eventually see some more fotos of that particular subject for though it is beyond my skill level I am sure one of you will procure a set or make some eventually.
It does make me think that greaves should have their own category for a database.
regards
richard
Double the interest (on that site) are the greaves that have what i must assume are a rustic/ simplistic rendition of athene - similar to the beautiful rendition on the so called samnite breast plate.
Today i was posted a flickr tink to the Thracian exhibition and at the end of the foto stream was a brilliant close up of a high quality hellenistic redition of Athene again!.Breathtaking- especially when compared to the almost tribal Thrakian renditions of possibly the same Godess. Hopefully I will eventually see some more fotos of that particular subject for though it is beyond my skill level I am sure one of you will procure a set or make some eventually.
It does make me think that greaves should have their own category for a database.
regards
richard