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To my knowledge, the following authors describe the pelte:
Diodorus Siculus (15.44)
Aristotle
Asclepiodotus
Polyaenus
Could someone give me the pelte references for the latter three authors? Also, if there are any other ancient authors that describe the pelte I'd like those references as well.
Thanks
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Quote:To my knowledge, the following authors describe the pelte:
Diodorus Siculus (15.44)
Aristotle
Asclepiodotus
Polyaenus
Could someone give me the pelte references for the latter three authors? Also, if there are any other ancient authors that describe the pelte I'd like those references as well.
Thanks
The Aristotle reference is Fragment 498 Rose.
Asclepiodotus (5.1) and Aelian (12) describe the shield of the phalangite, but they never actually refer to it as a pelte.
The Polyaenus refers to the peltai of Philip II's phalangites in 4.2.10, but does not actually describe them (unless I'm mistaken and he describes them in another passage).
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Oops, scratch that statement that Asclepiodotus doesn't refer to the pelte directly - at 1.2 he describes it as a "small and light little shield" (he pelte mikra tis estin aspidiske kai kouphe). My mistake!
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
