Fox Crested Hoplite and vase interpretation

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Cole,Homer uses different words to describe shields,and he's actually refering to some characteristics. Like to tower shield of Ajax, or the shield of Agamemnon that protected you from the two sides, probably a reference to the very hollow eight figure shields. He's talking about shields that are carried by a telamon and their rim hits the neck and the gampes as the warrior walks. He's using adjectives like "round" and "hollow" and words like "omphalos" that could apply to an argive shield as well as to a boss in the center of a flat shield. One thing is for sure,that different kinds of shields are described. But the common adjectives could alos apply to many different kinds of shields.
Khaire
Giannis