Greek footwear

[Pericles of Rhodes]

Clay childrens shoes(!!!) from Agora meuseum in Athens.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hoplite14 ... 5a5scd.jpg

...and they look like basketball shoes too!

Kind regards

Very clear!

Also I discovered this reproduction, I like the detailed shoes here & socks.

They look very similar to some Roman ones.....that is obviously where the style originated from.... :wink:

Hi Gioi and everyone else who was, and is still, interested!

I realise this is a very old post and you may have already found the original but here it is (attached) if your still interested. Looks like you found a pretty accurate copy.

It turns out it is roman (which would explain why it looks 'very similar to roman ones' as you rightly said Cristina! )

I took this today after a visit to the British Museum and its description is –
‘Marble relief of a warrior, Roman, 1st Century BC from Rhodes. This broken grave relief shows a warrior dressed in cuirass and helmet leaning on his spear in front of a funerary stele. The serpent at the base symbolises the soul of the deceased. The relief is ‘archaising’ and imitates Greek sculpture of the 5th century BC’

Hope this helps!