06-04-2007, 06:04 PM
There we have the contradiction. 
Thank you, Stefanos and Matthew, I would like to hear more opinions like yours. That it is only cloth is of course possible. For armour speaks that the men have helmets and weapons but ... perhaps that could be explained otherwise. Indeed the composition of the weapons is a bit strange (a hoplite with a bow; a man just with a sword alone, sacrificing, hmmm?).
If it is cloth than it would be very thick cloth. Look at the edges of the sleeves. The first garment could than be a vest from sheep fur, the second garment wool or linen (perhaps multilayered). For a chiton the second garment ist very narrow, mostly touching the lower body which results in the horizontal pleats. My chitons (also one with long arms made of thick wool) behave totally different. If it was cold weather cloth, the narrow cut however would indeed greatly add to the warmth of the overchiton.
I tend to interprete it more as armour not cloth, but I ebb between the both. :roll:
Thank you, Stefanos and Matthew, I would like to hear more opinions like yours. That it is only cloth is of course possible. For armour speaks that the men have helmets and weapons but ... perhaps that could be explained otherwise. Indeed the composition of the weapons is a bit strange (a hoplite with a bow; a man just with a sword alone, sacrificing, hmmm?).
If it is cloth than it would be very thick cloth. Look at the edges of the sleeves. The first garment could than be a vest from sheep fur, the second garment wool or linen (perhaps multilayered). For a chiton the second garment ist very narrow, mostly touching the lower body which results in the horizontal pleats. My chitons (also one with long arms made of thick wool) behave totally different. If it was cold weather cloth, the narrow cut however would indeed greatly add to the warmth of the overchiton.
I tend to interprete it more as armour not cloth, but I ebb between the both. :roll:
Wolfgang Zeiler
