Any actual proof of Lambda on Aspis?

[PMBardunias]

Lets say we deny Eupolis. I think Xenophon is unassailable, thus we would have to believe that the polis initial blazon, sigma in that case, was a Sicionian innovtion. I find that unlikely. A much more plausible evolution is that it originated with the Lakedemonians.

There is no reason to believe what i wrote above, I ws quoting the arguement of others. Ido think it plausible though that civic blazon would hve been developed for helot hoplites. Their "heraldry" could only be of the state. That Perioic hoplites my hve subsequently adopted a symbol that emphasized their membership in greater Lakedaimon rather than their perioic towns or ancestors might be attrctive s well. From there a case could be made for all using the lambda for the sake of unity.

then, as with so many things, other cities laconized.