11-16-2009, 12:58 AM
I've not seen any direct examples of Classical or Hellenistic representations of muscled cuirasses which have been painted (though I've not seen the vase Stefanos refers to, but it sounds very interesting), but the muscled cuirass of the Augustus Prima Porta was painted in various colours. Combine that with the evidence that shows that both helmets and shields were painted in the Hellenistic period, and I absolutely do not doubt that such cuirasses were painted (and probably brightly, too!).
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
