military nudists

[Anonymous]

The propensity for Greek art to show nudity is regarded by most as an artistic convention. While they often trained nude at the "nude club-" gymnasion, the idea that they went to battle as the "uncivilized" Celts seems unlikely. Heroic nudity was symbolic of divine lineage or to glorify ahievements as "godlike." There was likely a difference in practices from polis to polis, but the idea of wearing any armor on bare skin makes me think of lots of unsightly rashes and unheroic itches. While ancient artifacts can be surprisingly accurate in some cases, the depiction of warriors "letting it all hang out" in battle makes me extemely skeptical that it ever happened in practice. Though indeed the depiction on the vase is curious and thought provoking.<br>
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Wade Heaton<br>
Lucius Cornelius Libo<br>
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