08-31-2007, 03:11 AM
The whole thing is wonderfully detailed ! Double handgrips for sure... and look at the way the left hand infantryman is carrying his two javelins between the grips - neat and practical. 
...and the cavalryman/deceased interestingly appears to have a double layer of pteryges, and a lance/spear for both hunting and fighting, rather than the two javelins traditionally found in the literary sources.
The peltai do look slightly dished, like Macedonian ones, and are smooth, probably wooden, again like Macedonian ones and since we can only see the backs we can't know if they are meant to be bronze faced - probably not, since given the level of detail, you would expect to see the 'dagging' or similar around the rim.
...and the cavalryman/deceased interestingly appears to have a double layer of pteryges, and a lance/spear for both hunting and fighting, rather than the two javelins traditionally found in the literary sources.
The peltai do look slightly dished, like Macedonian ones, and are smooth, probably wooden, again like Macedonian ones and since we can only see the backs we can't know if they are meant to be bronze faced - probably not, since given the level of detail, you would expect to see the 'dagging' or similar around the rim.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
