05-15-2009, 11:51 AM
Here is a nice archaic version from the Athens Archaeological Museum: [url:31qxz4i6]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Hoplite_fight_from_Athens_Museum.jpg[/url]
Athena atacks Encaladus Ca. 499 BC : [url:31qxz4i6]http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1761956&imageID=1623571&total=2&num=0&word=Gigantomachy%20(Greek%20mythology)&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=2&e=w[/url]
Achilles dragging Hektor past the tomb of Patroklos Ca: 520-510 BC: [url][http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ima...4.0345/url]
Coin from Aspendos, Ca. 420 - 370 BC: [url:31qxz4i6]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-myj9zDrthU/SAsUI76_35I/AAAAAAAAADc/wK_ko6W4Qp0/S1600-R/image00136_b.jpg[/url]
The Derrones- Thraco-Macedonian Tribes coin. Ca.480-465 BC:
[url:31qxz4i6]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/stacks/stacks_apr09/image01045.jpg[/url]
Syracuse, Sicily Ca. 317-289 BC: [url:31qxz4i6]http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-bin/lotinfo.pl?id=20104[/url]
The triskelion is a safe bet for a wide geographic area and a broad time band - the 5th C isn't a problem.
Athena atacks Encaladus Ca. 499 BC : [url:31qxz4i6]http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1761956&imageID=1623571&total=2&num=0&word=Gigantomachy%20(Greek%20mythology)&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=2&e=w[/url]
Achilles dragging Hektor past the tomb of Patroklos Ca: 520-510 BC: [url][http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ima...4.0345/url]
Coin from Aspendos, Ca. 420 - 370 BC: [url:31qxz4i6]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-myj9zDrthU/SAsUI76_35I/AAAAAAAAADc/wK_ko6W4Qp0/S1600-R/image00136_b.jpg[/url]
The Derrones- Thraco-Macedonian Tribes coin. Ca.480-465 BC:
[url:31qxz4i6]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/stacks/stacks_apr09/image01045.jpg[/url]
Syracuse, Sicily Ca. 317-289 BC: [url:31qxz4i6]http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-bin/lotinfo.pl?id=20104[/url]
The triskelion is a safe bet for a wide geographic area and a broad time band - the 5th C isn't a problem.
Peter Raftos
