05-23-2008, 02:48 AM
I think this is the sort of thing you are looking for.....The first is a well known terracotta figure of the stock comic skourophoros(baggage carrier) wearing tunic, cloak and 'pilos' cap...the details may not be clear, but he carries a rolled cloak(?) containing various items, held together with straps, a water canteen , various other accoutrements and his master's sword.
The second shows another skourophoros marching alongside his Hoplite master bearing a similar burden to the other, but this time shield rather than sword....( from a terracotta in the Louvre)
The second shows another skourophoros marching alongside his Hoplite master bearing a similar burden to the other, but this time shield rather than sword....( from a terracotta in the Louvre)
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
