08-19-2009, 02:10 PM
Quote:Re: Spears and sauroters - the latter are somewhat surprisingly smaller and lighter then one would expect (some are actually smaller and of equal weight to the spear head) and vary greatly in shape (even within a restricted time period).
I wonder at modern yearning for "uniformity" in ancient weaponry - down to head size, weight and shape as well as sauroter - a if Henriopoulos Fordopus ran their production lines.
Whilst the mines of Crenides and Laurium might well have modern similes in nineteenth century Welsh coal mines, it is doubtful that the “production line” as we know it existed in ancient times. There will have been quite some variation in manufacture I'd think.
Paralus|Michael Park
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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