constructing and mounting a porpax

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Indeed many re-enactors say their aspis is not all that heavy,but then,why do we listen of ancient writers talking of the "heavy aspis" and not of the "heavy scutum"? And I'm clear that i don't remember at the moment the phrase "heavy aspis", just talking about the heavy panoply of the hoplite. But this is always a comparison with the unarmoured mass of the poor or the Barbarians...
Khairete
Giannis