03-12-2012, 06:05 PM
Any old armor that was not dedicated to the gods or the shrine of the ancestal spirits in your house would be taken to the field if you couild fit in it.
The refernce to state monograms from Photios "Synopsis" (he is refering to M of the Messeninsn)and Xenophon (he is refering to S of the Sikyonians).
The Attik "A" appears on pottery from 421 unless a plate with hoplitodormy depiction in Benaki Museum. dated to 6th century B.C. counts. (Very open to interpretation.)
Kind regards
The refernce to state monograms from Photios "Synopsis" (he is refering to M of the Messeninsn)and Xenophon (he is refering to S of the Sikyonians).
The Attik "A" appears on pottery from 421 unless a plate with hoplitodormy depiction in Benaki Museum. dated to 6th century B.C. counts. (Very open to interpretation.)
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com