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Aspis Design
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Hello all,
I have two questions on the painted designs of Aspis shields in the late archaic and early classical period. I just saw a reproduction of the hoplites riding dolphins by Oltos (hopefully the link will still work) and there is an octopus on one of the hoplite's shield. 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ancient-Greek-Ps...1901030482

I found the high resolution image of the original in the Met's online collection, but it only shows one side. I have seen other modern reproductions with octopuses on shields, but have yet to see any original depiction of this. Are there any original depictions of octopuses on aspises? (is that the plural of aspis?) Also does anyone have full images of the original piece by Oltos?

My second question is, what did the shields of Athenian hoplites of the same period have on them? I have seen a few original pieces of art with the little owl on them and the gorgon as well, but I was wondering what was the most common.

Thanks,
Chris

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Aspis Design - by Chris95242 - 03-16-2016, 04:05 AM
RE: Aspis Design - by JoshoB - 03-16-2016, 10:44 AM
RE: Aspis Design - by Chris95242 - 03-23-2016, 04:08 AM

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