06-27-2010, 04:03 PM
Dr Nicholas Sekunda in his book: 'The ancient Greeks' which is part of the Osprey Publishing series on ancient arms and armor, depicts an Eleian hoplite with a shield device depicting an eagle gripping a serpent in it's talons, this would make sense as the eagle is considered an emblem relevant to Zeus. The use of the eagle to signify Zeus is also confirmed by G.H. Chase in his book: 'The shield devices of the Greeks in art and literature' pub. 1902.
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
