09-12-2007, 01:04 AM
Quote:Let us let the Great Man speak for himself.....
There is a wealth of knowledge in those couple of paragraphs. He mentions that leather should be used to protect under the right arm, so leather obviously is considered a possible element in armor.
On the other side he mentions that the most vulnerable portion of a horse can be well protected by a quilted blanket.
I look forward to the greek speakers analysis on this, for I am increasingly disenchanted with english translations and what I have presented is only as good as my source.
One thing bothers me in this passage- the modification he suggests for the right shoulder of the Thorax. I would not have thought that the throwing motion was not so dissimilar from the overhand stab of the hoplite.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
