Hoplites of the Archaic Age

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

This last one Gioi is nice but VERY anachronistic. Let me say what i see there. I see the walls of Mycenae in the background,this could not be later than 1100bc. I see a kegel Helm and a bell cuirass of about 700 bc. The boeotian shield may never had been covered in bronze. His tunic could be Mycenean but it also resembles archaic ones,being closer to the mycenean though. Now his oponent wears also a bell cuirass. His helmet comes from about 1500-1600bc the same with his not so accurate figure eight shield. His sword is also from the same time.
The chariot could be of about 1200 bc and the army in the background could have been mycenean of about 1500bc. They have fig.8 shields and tower shields.
The victorious soldier could pass for an early archaic-geometric hoplite.
And here comes the question.Sesdelta38 what period hoplite do you want exactly? The archaic age was the time that the old way of fighting changes and the hoplite battle became standard. So the equipment changed drastically... You can see the differences between those warriors and those I posted,fighting in a phalanx.
Khaire
Giannis