Giannis vs Polinik on the color of bronze :)

[Paullus Scipio]

Perhaps one of you can tell me why ??? ?????? ?????? at Xenophon (Const. Lac. 11.3) is translated as Brass and not bronze.

The section in english:

[3] In the equipment that he devised for the troops in battle he included a red cloak, because he believed this garment to have least resemblance to women's clothing and to be most suitable for war, and a brass shield, because it is very soon polished and tarnishes very slowly.

'chalkou' is translated in the lexicons as "of copper, bronze, or brazen ( lit in English; made of brass)".......'brazen aspides' naturally translates as brass....

Perhaps a better translation might be 'copper alloy' since, as I mentioned in previous posts, ancient bronzes and modern bronzes are not the same, and even Roman brass is not the same as modern brass.......