cretan mercenaries of the Hellenistic age
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cretan mercenaries of the Hellenistic age
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02-25-2009, 11:41 AM
Are there any survived images of Cretan mercenaries of Hellenistic period? Is there any recent literature decicated to Cretan Mercenaries (besides Griffith, Launey and Chaniotis)?
I will be glad for any help. My e-mai is [email protected] .
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02-25-2009, 03:41 PM
I've only read the last page- the one facing my article in the proof- but Ruben's article on Cretans in the current "Ancient Warfare" looks very good.
Paul M. Bardunias
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02-25-2009, 09:50 PM
You are in luck, because an article devoted expressly to this topic that I wrote has been published in the current issue of Ancient Warfare! I summarize the literary and some of the archaeological evidence relating to Cretan mercenaries in the Hellenistic period (I would have liked to include more, but the scope of the article did not allow it). Here are two funerary stelae from Crete itself which I did not include, as these do not represent mercenaries, but they nonetheless give a good idea of the size and shape of bows and quivers used in the Hellenistic period (they date to the 3rd-2nd and 2nd c. BC, respectively):
http://antiquemilitaryhistory.com/image ... r%20II.jpg http://antiquemilitaryhistory.com/image ... Archer.jpg
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
02-26-2009, 11:30 AM
Can somebody send me this article?
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02-26-2009, 05:47 PM
Why don't you buy an issue? It's only 7 euros, and you will be supporting the only magazine of its kind which presents articles on warfare in the ancient world:
http://www.ancient-warfare.com/cms/shop ... derBy=DESC
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian |
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