Hoplite Shield Designs

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Human figure designs appear in hoplitotdromy shields. No tenough evidence that they were battle shileds because hoplitodromy shileds are describe in the Chalkotheke of Olympia and in fragments of a Chalkotheke list attributed to Kimon of Athens

Goddess Nike that appears on a shield from a pot in Hidelsheim Museum is probaly propaganda as the shield is on the side of a group of sad women who are told of a warriors death.

Alkibiades had the Cupid casting thunderbolts on his shield but it was a rare exception.

Christian the pottery rim appears on pottery of Ionic cities and it is probably related to Iones (under research)

Double dolphines are asociated with Megara and Delian League.

a triskelon made of dolphines with the Syracusan marines (under research)

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