02-24-2006, 01:05 PM
Salvete Stefanos and Gioi,
anyhow I cannot imagine Alexander with this neck protection over his normal armor. Could it not be a Persian booty piece that had been deposited in the grave at Vergina?
Gioi, I really like Your theory about the infantryman next to Alexander as Lysimachos. That would make sence as Lysimachos was leader of the hispaspists at Gaugamela. The man from the mosaic is wearing only a red hat, and Lysimachos surely would not have been wounded by the bottom end of Alexanders' lance or xyston if he had worn a helmet. BTW, Paolo Moreno ("Apelles - The Alexander mosaic") calls this man Alexander's shield bearer Peukestas.
Greets - Uwe
anyhow I cannot imagine Alexander with this neck protection over his normal armor. Could it not be a Persian booty piece that had been deposited in the grave at Vergina?
Gioi, I really like Your theory about the infantryman next to Alexander as Lysimachos. That would make sence as Lysimachos was leader of the hispaspists at Gaugamela. The man from the mosaic is wearing only a red hat, and Lysimachos surely would not have been wounded by the bottom end of Alexanders' lance or xyston if he had worn a helmet. BTW, Paolo Moreno ("Apelles - The Alexander mosaic") calls this man Alexander's shield bearer Peukestas.
Greets - Uwe
Greets - Uwe
