To pierce armed bodies with their long ash spears. Their hair grown long behind, warrior spearmen,įilled with fierce desire to tear apart their enemies,
These swift Abantes came with Elephenor, Men from the steep fortress Dium, Carystus, and Styra. Who live to breathe war's fury, soldiers from Euboea,Ĭhalcis, Eretria, wine-rich Histiaea, Cerinthus by the sea, Great-hearted leader, commanded the Abantes, Probably not used often even if shown in many pottery images.Įlephenor, offspring of Ares, son of Chalcodon, The helmet was decorated on the top with a crest of horsehair that looks like a brush.
In a period of 2 centuries an estimated number of 100000 helmets have been dedicated only in Olympia.Ī warrior with a Corinthian Helmet and a Boetian Shield. George Grote, Sicily during the despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse. Metal was expensive and therefore only a thin metal coating was used for the shields but : We are told that the shields fabricated (only in Syracuse) during this season (399-398 BC) of assiduous preparation were not less than 140000 in number, and the breast plates 14000, many of them unrivalled in workmanship, destined for the body-guard and the officers. Actually it shows the god Hephaestus with three Cyclopes producing armorīronze inscribed Spartan shield, a trophy taken by the Athenians after their victory over the Spartans in the battle of Sphacteria, 425 BCĪchilles with a shield with additional protection for the legs, 480 BC Triptolemos Painter
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