07-26-2010, 09:42 PM
Quote:I think what Paul is talking about is the guard sticking into the man's wrist if the sword was held properly.
But we see such guards on kopides commonly in Greek art, sometimes curlicue-shaped, like this example, or with both ends curving inward towards the pommel, and, most importantly, we see these in the hands of both Greeks and non-Greeks. In that particular example the curve juts out pretty far, and I doubt it would be much of an impediment at all to its wielder.
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
