06-18-2007, 07:49 AM
Quote:Paullus Scipio:1etvh94d Wrote:Quote:They come from a variety of places - Anatolia (Bithinyans,Lycians,Pisidians) Greece (Aechea,Crete - this is the source for cretan red tunics, by the way) etc.
Your source for the Cretan red tunic wouldn't happen to be the Sidonian stele of Diodotos the Cretan, would it? If so, are you aware of the stele of Chalkokedes the Cretan, c. 200 BC from Demetrias in Macedonia? He is a mercenary archer who wears a white tunic with a dark blue cloak. So, if we include this evidence, white is as likely as red.
Do you have a coloured picture of the stele of Chalkokedes available? It sounds very interesting.
Wolfgang Zeiler