Single Combat during the Trojan War

[Dan Howard]

Or what about heroes (Ajax was it?) with that very large shioeld, that does not really seem to belong to the age

What age are you talking about? The shields described by Homer are not the same as the shields used during the time of the Dendra Panoply. I can think of artefacts dating to the alleged time of the Trojan war that look exactly like the shields described by Homer. Here is a recent thread that might prove enlightening
http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB3/vi ... =4&t=15214