04-01-2009, 06:32 PM
Daryush,
Thank you for your advice.
Could you give a reference about this? I've seen the simple bow in period art, but most sources I've seen (admittedly lacking good scholarly books) say that the Persians also used bows described as composite, or similar to Skythian ones.
I don't know who manufactures the Kult of Athena ones. I don't think it's their own brand, just a guess though.
Thank you for your advice.
Quote:The Achaemenid Persians actually didn't use composite bows like those - apart from Scythian mercenaries.
Could you give a reference about this? I've seen the simple bow in period art, but most sources I've seen (admittedly lacking good scholarly books) say that the Persians also used bows described as composite, or similar to Skythian ones.
I don't know who manufactures the Kult of Athena ones. I don't think it's their own brand, just a guess though.
Dan D'Silva
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Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
Join the Horde! - http://xerxesmillion.blogspot.com/
