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Identification of Episemon on Greek shield
#1
:?: Our university museum has opened an exhibit on Greek, Roman, & Phoenician commerce and warfare. We have a replica Greek shield on loan with a bull's head. Does anyone know the city or location represented by the bull's head or was this episemon in wide use? Thank you!
Mater Castrorum [Title given to Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius, who accompanied the emperor on his military campaigns & was held in high esteem by Roman soldiers]
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#2
Euboea means "Island of Fine Cattle" and I believe that their shields bore a bull's head. Another city state that featured a bull's head on their shields was Crete.
"The strong did what they could, the weak suffered what they must."

- Thucydides

Sean Cantrell
Northern Michigan
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#3
A drachma of the Euboean League.


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"The strong did what they could, the weak suffered what they must."

- Thucydides

Sean Cantrell
Northern Michigan
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#4
the same way that two heraldic lions are not the same
Example
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...otland.svg
http://images.vector-images.com/133/amberg_city_coa.gif

The same way two ancient bulls or gorgoneia are not the same
example
Example
based on Artemis orthia finds (Sparta) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3413/36376...0c2307.jpg
Probaly Phokis based on coinage http://myweb.unomaha.edu/~mreames/Alexan...ite_sm.jpg

Do you have a pic of the shield?

Kind regards
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