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[hoplite14gr]

Well the Evzonoi of the Presidential Guard were tight fitting woolen socks and breeches base on the folk dress. So warm cover for the lower body could not be ruled out and only 10 % of Greek pottery made it to us. So we speculate a lot.
Yes the Skythians would influence the Greeks.
Can you imagine a hoplite of Melitopolis (modern Melitopol) doing guard duty in the Russian winter only with chiton and trivomi? I can also mention the colonies of Crimea for that matter. I doubt that even a Spartan mercenary would brave this type of winter or else we might have gotten a frozen hoplite like Oggi of the Italian Alps :lol:
Kind regards
Stefanos