Museum of the Ancient Greek Warrior

[Hoplitesmores]

We have been proposed by the Pella municipality to aid them in creating a museum for the ancient greek warrior.It will span from the earliest documentation existing and themed from the Trojan war up to the fall to the roman empire.However i am at a loss from all the data one should gather. I have started gathering information and all help will be welcome. Manning imperial and local craftsmen were suggested but Iliad armaments are even harder to find.Help!

[Paullus]

Regarding Iliad armaments, check out the Bronze Age Center. Best resource on the net for such information, with connections via the forum members to even more.

Good luck with the project! It would be quite an honor to be asked to prepare such an exhibition

[Praefectusclassis]

What a brilliant idea! Sounds like something the RAT community could really help with. Keep us up to date Themistokles!

[Comerus Gallus]

I think Salimbeti can help you with the Illiad matter :wink:

http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/helmets1.htm

Go & PM

[Hoplitesmores]

I have seen his great site! But i am at a loss about the details of all that has to be done, i ll pull my act together soon.

[Ioannis]

Well, if you need any help and/or advice, feel free to contact me.

[Hoplitesmores]

2000 bc up to the fall of greece to rome or the last diadoch variant armament surviving. Any good books to recomend?

[Ioannis]

For starters:

Georganas, I. 2005. "Weapons and Warfare in Early Iron Age Thessaly" Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 5.2: 63-74.

Kilian-Dirlmeier, I. 1993). Die Schwerter in Griechenland (außerhalb der Peloponnes), Bulgarien und Albanien. Stuttgart.

Sandars, N.K. 1961. "The First Aegean Swords and Their Ancestry" AJA 65: 17-29.

Snodgrass, A.M. 1964. Early Greek Armour and Weapons. Edinburg.

Snodgrass, A.M. 1999. Arms & Armor of the Greeks (2nd ed.). Baltimore and London.