Greek footwear

[hoplite14gr]

The Boreas image I posted shows hadr soles and heels so I feel they are OK
More image of Beotian boots as promished:

[hoplite14gr]

The satyr acually wears the "attik" style boots.
The fancy flaps on the "thracic" more likely lynx (wilde cat). These anilmal was associated with the Lyngistes.
Kind regards

[Arthes]

This one is from a woman behind him:


More to come.

Those look like the Arthurian 'cavalry boots' I used to wear....
based on these...scroll down to second Osprey picture....
http://www.murphsplace.com/owen/arthur/wars.html

Some of these boots, look as though they are made of soft leather oor even embroidered fabric ...rather like high leg ballet type shoes...
regards
Arthes

[Arthes]

It does look like the Arthurans!!!, can you wear it at watford?

no, I don't have them anymore...

I know you like it! lol:

I have been looking at sandals in town today and there are some very ancient styled ones around...some with leather soles...one pair resembled closely the Hellenistic style high sandals Alexander is wearing in the sculpture, but with buckles instead of thongs...!
regards
Arthes

[tlclark]

The satyr acually wears the "attik" style boots.
The fancy flaps on the "thracic" more likely lynx (wilde cat). These anilmal was associated with the Lyngistes.
Kind regards

Is this were the Romans get the animal paws and heads on the so-called "equestrian boots" of Roman emperor statuary fame?

Travis

[hoplite14gr]

Intersting thought Travis. Might be.
kind regards.

[tlclark]

It wouldn't surprise me, so many other things, the herakles' officers' know, the attic helment, even the pteruges are borrowed from late hellenistic armor.

Travis

[hoplite14gr]

There was a tendency in the Roman upper class to adopt Greek fashions und cultural trates. Perhaps military fashions were no exception.
Kind regards

[Arthes]

Perseus....
from http://www.skidmore.edu/classics/course ... erseus.gif

[aitor iriarte]

Sorry to dissapoint you, Stefanos but, even if I must confess my ignorance about all things pertaining to Thracian boots, I can assure you that there was no heeled footwear until XVIIth AD, more or less...


Aitor

[hoplite14gr]

I respect your opinion Aitor.
I based my interpetations of the engravings of 18th and 19th century.
Today all the statues look very damaged and conclusions cannot be safely drawn. Do you thing that these engravings contain too much artistic licence?
Most of the engravings come from P. Decharme "Greek Mythology" 1911
There are engravings especially of the Farnese collection dated in 1876
and some reproductions of Otfried Muller 1825 himself reproducing gravures of ancient statues dated in 1779!
Kind regards

[aitor iriarte]

I haven't seen those engravings and I really don't know how accurate they may be, Stefanos! :?
What I've seen from Ancient and Mediaeval footwear is that, even if very high-soled shoes existed, the concept of a detached heel appeared later.

Aitor

[hoplite14gr]

Evidence of socks.
White lekythos National Acheology Meuseum Athens

[Susanne]

I like that one scene, Stefanos. It is obvious that the man to the right has deceased. Is there any other reason for him to wander about in a sanctuary carrying a spear?

[hoplite14gr]

Possibly he might have been killed in a hunting accidemt.
He look like the "Pella deer hunters". But you are right the lekythos was containing ashs of the dead.
An example of "Lakonian"(?) boots here:
http://www.sikyon.com/Sparta/Art/sparta_pgr02.html