10-26-2008, 06:55 PM
Quote:I've seen an article somewhere on these knobby shafted javelins, and similar Thracian (?) 'shilelaghs'
I'd love to read it if you find it. Those hooked clubs are very interesting- I wonder if they predate the "hooked" swords?
Heracles club is shown knobby usually, which I presume is to give it a rough hewn look. I have seen images of centaurs fighting with knobby spears that are not much more than sharpened trees or branches, sometimes with side-branches still attached.
Paul M. Bardunias
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