Thespiae?

[hoplite14gr]

There are no evidence for a "black clad" Thespian unit!
Black as a colour was naturally available but except being frequent in Hellenistic Thracians there is nothing to point to a "black unit" in ancient times.

A quick look on Thespiae here in my blog:
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com...thespians/

There is talk also of a phalic-like ksoano (woden statue) based on a rare Thespian coin but I have seen only drawn images of the item so I do not insist upon it.

Kind regards