10-20-2013, 01:47 PM
This depiction of a "Thespian Hoplite" which I think was drawn for an old Osprey book, is the one thats been floating around the interwebs for some time now. It seems to have been accompanied by a descriptive text reading something like 'Thespian hoplite, dressed in black because he knows he will not return from battle' thats not an exact quote, but gets the point across. The black shoulder yoke of the curaiss can be confirmed in the monumental record and that black armour, both metallic and composite was possible,is not in question as per the various comments above. As for the Thespians wearing all black, that is pure speculation and not supported by any evidence whatsoever.
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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
