11-29-2010, 12:30 AM
Quote:Just to add some confusion to this matter of 'petasos wearing' or 'shield wearing', here are a couple of coins of the Ainianes, a northern Thessalian people from 400-344 BC.The coins show the legendary hero King Phemios throwing javelins, and possibly carrying a 'petasos' hat, also interpreted by some as a 'sakkos' type convex shield, or perhaps even a 'petasos' hat being used as a shield !! :wink: :wink:Very interesting. As for my debate with George, I'm inclined to believe an iconographic survey of Western Anatolia and Balkans would find too many candidates for these 'takabara' people (if Persian "ethnographic" classifications match the local views, which is by no means certain).
He is also shown similarly armed, but using a sling with the javelins stuck in the ground behind him
Drago?
