03-28-2014, 10:58 AM
Here is a project that has been over a year in the making. Jeff Hildebrandt has raised the bar a few notches with this masterpiece.
Afterwards he girt on about his chest the cuirass
That Kinyras had given him once, to be a guest present.
For the great fame and rumour of war had carried to Cyprus
How the Achaians were to sail against Troy in their vessels.
Therefore he gave the king as a gift of grace this armour.
Now there were ten dark bands of cobalt upon it,
And twelve of gold and twenty of tin. And toward the opening
At the throat there were rearing up serpents of cobalt,
Three on either side, like rainbows, which the son of Kronos
Has marked upon the clouds, to be a portent to mortals.
Afterwards he girt on about his chest the cuirass
That Kinyras had given him once, to be a guest present.
For the great fame and rumour of war had carried to Cyprus
How the Achaians were to sail against Troy in their vessels.
Therefore he gave the king as a gift of grace this armour.
Now there were ten dark bands of cobalt upon it,
And twelve of gold and twenty of tin. And toward the opening
At the throat there were rearing up serpents of cobalt,
Three on either side, like rainbows, which the son of Kronos
Has marked upon the clouds, to be a portent to mortals.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
