02-28-2008, 01:17 AM
There are other 'pots' that spring to mind which also show small spear points, a tapered shaft, and a grip shifted to the rear - IIRC there is one showing a later Hoplite fending off an Amazon/Persian cavalryman with such a dory
The later long cavalry spear kamax was also small-headed and tapered shafted......
The later long cavalry spear kamax was also small-headed and tapered shafted......
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff