04-17-2008, 08:30 PM
To me too,Paul M. however the dipylon shield is decicted far more often than the argolic shield hung from the back,plus Homer mentions this practice for the heroes plus its ancestor,the fig.8 shield was being hung. Of course this doesn't mean the cuttings were there for this reason. Nor that it was used in battle. And as everyone who has tried it says,the dipylon or boeotian shield was not for phalanx fighting.
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