09-13-2007, 01:03 PM
Any idea on when the theories will be published in English, Stefanos... ?
By the way, I was wondering about the Chigi vase, now the common belief is that it shows Spartans and Messenians because of the apparently "Spartan" boy musician, but he's with the phalanx with their aspides facing the other way, so we can't see their designs. Is there a reason why we seem to identify some of the designs of the other army (the Skiritis bird, Gorgonian and Steniklaros boar) as being Spartan? Is it the assumption that the Spartans would have adopted these native designs into their army?
By the way, I was wondering about the Chigi vase, now the common belief is that it shows Spartans and Messenians because of the apparently "Spartan" boy musician, but he's with the phalanx with their aspides facing the other way, so we can't see their designs. Is there a reason why we seem to identify some of the designs of the other army (the Skiritis bird, Gorgonian and Steniklaros boar) as being Spartan? Is it the assumption that the Spartans would have adopted these native designs into their army?
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