Marathon 2011

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

It's like saying "not all greeks today should have a car" with basic sallary 600 euros,but most of them have more than one. A helmet was there to save your life,and it's an item that passed from father to son.Plus,it's the one and olny part of the kit,except from the shield,that is always shown on hoplites,even if they wear nothing else. Such thing with the amount of evidence we have so far a least,shouldn't be questioned by re-enactors,especially in such events. I don't know how wise it'd be to present say 20 hoplites wearing a "helmet" that is so rare in art,so rare(if at all) in archaeology,and its matterial is questionable. Perhaps it'd be good to have two or three of them,since they're mentioned seen in Marathon(or a later painting of the battle) by an ancient source.
Khaire
Giannis