11-14-2008, 02:18 PM
About the pilos, given that in sculptures(at least one athenian grave stone) and in pottery (mainly in Italy that is) soldiers are shown with a pilos that is soft,when someone is not defining that the pilos is bronze (χαλκούς), should we assume that it has to be bronze just because a soldier is wearing it? Ince again it seems plausible that the pilos was originally felt and only some of the soldiers had bronze ones. This would very well explain why the piloi didn't "estegon ta toxeumata".
Now about the word "toxeumata", I would agree that it can meen any missile, but in this particular case of Thucydides it means just arrows,because in one same paragraph Thucydides is separating them from rocks and javelins twice. And the piloi didn't protect them only from "toxeumata". Obviously any other helmet wouldn't give much protection from heavier javelins either.
Khaire
Giannis
Now about the word "toxeumata", I would agree that it can meen any missile, but in this particular case of Thucydides it means just arrows,because in one same paragraph Thucydides is separating them from rocks and javelins twice. And the piloi didn't protect them only from "toxeumata". Obviously any other helmet wouldn't give much protection from heavier javelins either.
Khaire
Giannis
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