07-07-2009, 01:24 AM
Quote:) almost certainly a reference to the bronze muscled corselet in this context ( we are told they are heavier than the other sort, and there were evidently fewer than 50 in the army) and "spolades" by definition a leather body armour which hangs from the shoulders, and is almost certainly the common Tube-and-Yoke corselet......
In the normal course of things one would assume that the supposed "muscled" corselet belonged to the senior individuals (Chirisphorus, Clearchus, Cleanor, Sophaenetus, etc) - often described as "generals" or similar. These they will, one assumes, have owned themselves. What, though, might Cyrus have provided the others with?
Paralus|Michael Park
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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