07-21-2006, 05:28 PM
Khaire "Peter Raftos"...
...listen dear friend. I was ALWAYS knew about the "XYELE" discription above and that photo you scanned.
BUT! I don't put my hands on fire, because I've checked my Ancient Greek dictionary before few minutes and in "XYELE" (not "XY-a-LE") came up the following:
"Short tool for agricultural (!) work..."
That means ONLY a short "scimitar" kind of tool, SO... a WEAPON called "XYELE" MAYBE was a sort curved weapon, one edge blade - like my dear Spyros said!!!
So, "Dum... Spiro... Spero" and MAYBE I'm wrong (among MANY others) and I believed that the SHORT sword of Spartans (that they were using durring the Persian Wars), was ALIKE with the LATER sword that they used in Peloponnesian War!
The "DRAW" method I mention, is ACCURATED! I'm TOTALY sure on this!
So... a "scimitar" sword, like... a Japanise KATANA or WAKASASHI, would be MUCH MORE easy to draw like that FAST and leathal!
The Japanise swords were "scimitar" like, BECAUSE of that!
So,... you MAY are right!
...listen dear friend. I was ALWAYS knew about the "XYELE" discription above and that photo you scanned.
BUT! I don't put my hands on fire, because I've checked my Ancient Greek dictionary before few minutes and in "XYELE" (not "XY-a-LE") came up the following:
"Short tool for agricultural (!) work..."
That means ONLY a short "scimitar" kind of tool, SO... a WEAPON called "XYELE" MAYBE was a sort curved weapon, one edge blade - like my dear Spyros said!!!
So, "Dum... Spiro... Spero" and MAYBE I'm wrong (among MANY others) and I believed that the SHORT sword of Spartans (that they were using durring the Persian Wars), was ALIKE with the LATER sword that they used in Peloponnesian War!
The "DRAW" method I mention, is ACCURATED! I'm TOTALY sure on this!
So... a "scimitar" sword, like... a Japanise KATANA or WAKASASHI, would be MUCH MORE easy to draw like that FAST and leathal!
The Japanise swords were "scimitar" like, BECAUSE of that!
So,... you MAY are right!
aka Romilos
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
